JaShyah Moore, Gabby Petito and What it Takes to Find Black Girls

JaShyah Moore has been missing for an entire month.

The tragic death of Gabby Petito highlighted disparities in the amount of attention missing women and girls receive based on race. White women and girls are more likely to make it to the national news and stay in news cycles for longer than their Black and brown counterparts. This has a substantial impact on whether and how soon they are found.

The speed with which Gabby Petito’s remains were found in comparison to similar cases has been…