Jahmeshia Conner, 12 year old from Chicago, was last seen getting on the bus to go to school outside her mother’s apartment. Her mother didn’t report her missing until the next day. Her mom said the reason for the delay was because she thought Jahmeshia spent the night with her aunt. Jahmeshia was found two weeks later about a block from her mother’s apartment strangled to death in an alley.
Police say she was dead within two days of being kidnapped. Supposedly, a flier was drawn up with all the proper information on her disappearance but was never reported to the proper media. So what went wrong? Why was her kidnapping never reported on the local news stations? Why wasn’t there an Amber alert immediately following the report of her being missing? I think there are several questions that should be answered in this case. This may not bring her back and safely to her family but it may prevent this from happening to another kidnapped child!
First of all, there is obviously a lack of communication with the family! I don’t care if my kids are supposed to be spending the night away from home, it doesn’t matter where she was staying that night! I would have called to talk to my child that night and definitely touched base with who was responsible for picking my child up to make sure they got there safely. The second major problem with this is if my child was kidnapped or missing, first I would have to be medicated from being hysterical and extremely upset but then I would be on the police’s ass wanting to know what they are doing to find my child and want to know how quickly the news report is going to be broadcast! I mean, come on people, I think a lot of people are at fault here! Everyone should have been out looking for this child immediately and telling everyone about her disappearance!
Although the Chicago police weren’t able to give Jahmeshia’s family the justice they truly deserved by finding her unharmed, they are now doing everything in their power to catch the murderer that did this horrible crime.
