Give Missing Indigenous, Black, And POC Women Some Of That ‘Gabby Petito Energy’ “The widespread concern with Gabby's case is disheartening to the families of countless missing Indigenous, Black, POC, & Trans women who don't get the same level of care.”
For those living under a rock, Gabby Petito was reported missing by her parents on September 11. Her body was discovered on September 19 in a remote area in northwestern Wyoming. Petito had been traveling across the western United States, visiting state and national parks with her fiancee, Brian Laundrie, since June of 2021. The Petito family attorney Richard Stafford says her parents were last in contact with Gabby during the last week of August.
Laundrie, Gabby’s fiancee, returned to the couple’s Florida home, where his parents also live, on September 1, without Gabby. When authorities attempted to speak to Laundrie and his family, they were referred to the family’s attorney. Then the Laundries requested that the police come to their home, and they shared that they hadn’t seen Brian since September 14. There is now a federal warrant out for his arrest.
Granted, the story of Gabby’s disappearance has unfolded like a hit Lifetime Movie. Both Gabby and Brain documented their travels together on Instagram, leading to massive interest in the story on social media. Since she was reported missing, hashtags related to Gabby’s case have skyrocketed, drawing hundreds of millions of views. And according to at tally, in seven days, Petito had been mentioned 398 times on Fox News, 346 times on CNN, and 100 times on MSNBC.
Pointing this out isn’t to dismiss or diminish the focus on Gabby Petito’s story. It is simply to highlight the lack of media attention given to similar stories of marginalized women. I sincerely wish that this topic didn’t need to be highlighted. But I urge you to ask yourself when was the last time you saw media coverage of this magnitude for a missing Indigenous, Black, POC or Trans woman.
Did you know that in Wyoming, where Petito’s body was found, 710 Indigenous people — most of whom were young women and girls —
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