Sian O'Callaghan search: Two bodies found

[NickFitz]

Did this girl going missing receive such press coverage because the police already suspected it would be a murder case?

No, it was because she was white, middle class, and good-looking.

A friend of mine is a journalist on the local paper. The other year a teenage girl was murdered hereabouts and he got a phone call from a Daily Mail journalist asking for information about the case. Having confirmed things like her name and age, the next thing the Mail journalist asked was what sort of neighbourhood she lived in; my friend explained that, although it was council housing, it was quite a decent place, not a sink estate. The journalist then asked if she was white: my friend replied "Mixed race" and the phone on the other end had gone down before the word "race" had come out of his mouth.

[xoggoth]

That might be true but it sounds like crap.

[MarillionFan]

That might be true but it sounds like crap.

It's probably crap but it gives Nick an opportunity to play a holier than thou Racism card.

[Churchill]

I wonder how many more murdering bastards there are out there waiting to be caught.

[MarillionFan]

I wonder how many more murdering bastards there are out there waiting to be caught.

I suppose the difficulty is identifying one someone has gone missing on their own volition as opposed to taken against their will.

In this case it was so out of character.

My neighbour is a sarg on missing persons for Hampshire
police and said the proportion they act on(ie full search) is tiny and not
as Nick says because their black.

[VectraMan]

Is it just me or does there seem to be more of an inevitability with these missing people cases turning into murder investigations nowadays? There was a time you could have at least hoped they'd find the girl alive.

Perhaps it's a consequence of police work and forensics being so good. You have to wonder how many kidnappers/rapists don't really intend to kill their victims, but are only doing so to reduce the chances of being caught.

[NickFitz]

My neighbour is a sarg on missing persons for Hampshire
police and said the proportion they act on(ie full search) is tiny and not
as Nick says because their black.

I never said anything of the kind.

[NickFitz]

That might be true but it sounds like crap.

It's probably crap but it gives Nick an opportunity to play a holier than thou Racism card.

It's true. This is one of the reasons that most journalists regard the Mail with contempt.

[Churchill]

I suppose the difficulty is identifying one someone has gone missing on their own volition as opposed to taken against their will.

In this case it was so out of character.

My neighbour is a sarg on missing persons for Hampshire
police and said the proportion they act on(ie full search) is tiny and not
as Nick says because their black.

Not only are you short, fat and unfunny but you write like a ******* retard.

In fact back on my ignore list you go until you improve.

Churchill - In "Why the **** should I waste my braincells decoding that sh!te" mode!

[MarillionFan]

It's true. This is one of the reasons that most journalists regard the Mail with contempt.

You have indicated that the reason there is more press coverage in cases like this is because the person is a young white girl and in a similar case a mixed race girl would not get the same coverage. I don't agree with that and don't believe it to be true.

I think you'll find it's a case of class. The Mail differentiates on his concept of a class system. If the parents are middle class then they are more likely to be reported on then some council estate kid or runaway to which the readers have no interest. You've picked up on a race issue in your analogy and I believe it would have been down to class.

Oh BTW Churchill, seriously **** off. You haven't added anything to any board or discussion for years. I have yet to see you post anything of any value on a professional board what soever! I wonder if you're capable of anything more than the monosyllabic armchair warrior '**** off' drivel you limit yourself to.