NNPA NEWSWIRE — The work of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and organizations like the Black and Missing Foundation and the African American Juvenile Justice Project serve to keep a spotlight on the missing. “Black, African American, and Afro Latinas are less likely seen as victims,” Sherri Jefferson of the African American Juvenile Justice Project told NNPA Newswire earlier this year. Awareness is a significant component to getting a missing person home safely, said B.J. Spamer, the executive director of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NAMUS).| By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia When the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) posted a photo of 14-year-old Isaac Gastelum on Twitter, the response was telling. “This has been almost a month since he went missing,” an individual with the Twitter handle @SdMerlins responded. “Do you guys need […]
