Media Guide

ALERT! RECENTLY MISSING

Rayelle Burnett (details | poster)
Southaven, MS
DOB: 01/01/2008
Missing since 09/07/2025
Ada Thompson (details | poster)
Dallas, TX
DOB: 01/01/1980
Missing since 09/05/2025
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Thousands of people are reported missing every year in the U.S. and while not every case will get widespread media attention, the coverage of white and minority victims is far from proportionate.

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Zaliyah Ivory (details | poster)
Decatur, GA
DOB: 01/01/2010
Missing since 04/06/2025
Damariyae Royal (details | poster)
Dallas, TX
DOB: 11/12/2000
Missing since 02/23/2024
Janese Carthon (details | poster)
Atlanta, GA
DOB: 01/01/2000
Missing since 04/12/2014
Marvin Lloyd II (details | poster)
Charlotte, NC
DOB: 03/10/1994
Missing since 11/02/2021
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929-1968)

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