Monday, June 11, 2007

MISSING WHITE WOMEN GETS MEDIA BLITZ, MISSING BLACK WOMAN PREEMPTED BY PARIS HILTON


Stepha Henry, 22, who recently graduated with honors from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, is missing.

Unlike the media circus surrounding the latest about Paris Hilton, the media coverage on this case has been underwhelming, to say the least.

The young black woman had gone to the sunshine state during the Memorial Day weekend to help her sister celebrate her 16th birthday.

She was last seen May 29 at Peppers Cafe in Sunrise, about 10 miles west of Fort Lauderdale.

Police indicated that the last cell phone signal from Henry's phone came from the area of the club at around 4:13 a.m.

Henry was preparing to apply to law school, while working as an intern with the president of the college.

Authorities, family members and Henry's friends said they suspect foul play, noting she is not the type of person to just run off. Her mother says she will not leave until she finds her baby girl.

Investigators questioned a man who picked up Henry at her aunt's house in Miami Gardens. The man told police he and Henry separated at the club and she was there with other friends.

While there's been some media coverage about this case, it certainly has not been the wall-to-wall, nationwide attention that 18-year-old Kelsey Smith received.

Smith is the white Kansas teen who was abducted and murdered after she left a Target store.

Two young women missing, two different levels in media coverage.

Why? Inquiring minds what to know!