In 2021, 521,705 people were reported missing, according to the National Crime Information Center. Of that number, 89,020 were Black women and girls. That means despite making up about 7% of the U.S. population, Black women and girls were 17% of missing person cases last year.
Mothers and community activists gathered in front of the Daley Center for a news conference on Mother’s Day to shine a light on mothers of missing Black women and children.
“I would like to say Happy Mother’s Day to her if she’s watching this,” the mother of missing postal worker Kierra Coles told her daughter Sunday. “But for the most part, I would like the police to step up and do more in Kierra’s investigation.”
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