Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] Battered Mothers Rights - A Human Rights Issue.

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"Alarming Discovery"

Fifteen days after Jahmeshia Connor, age 12 was reported missing, the police discovered her lifeless body in an alley.

Site's around the Internet sent out a bulletin for Jahmeshia as an "endangered runnaway " I wondered why there was no amber alertissued for this child. She was an excellent student, responsible in her actions and never got into trouble. The family realized Jahmeshia was missing when the following day when she did not return home from school. A relative thought she was staying over someplace else the night before. And no one seemed to take responsibility in checking on her destination or having her call home once she arrived to make sure she got there safely. Which in my opinion is a crime in and of itself. In this climate of predatorsand criminals parents must know where their kids are at all times, period.

Also why didn't Chicago police issue an amber alert for this child? If herbody was found this morning it is likely that whom ever abducted her kept the girl alive for a period of time. An autopsy is scheduled for today to determine her cause of death.

The most attention this case received appears to be today, after the discovery of her body. Guidelines must be established for all children from all neighborhoods regardless of a family's economic status in the community. At schools, libraries and in faith based organizations when a child is missing from a community and they are aware, access to mainstreamcommunication is limited, they too, should pitch in to spread the word.

Perhaps in Mayor Daley's new budget he could provide funds to faith based organizations in the community for awareness and safety training.

POSTED BY SUSAN MURPHY MILANO'S JOURNAL AT 00:55

LABELS: BODY BAGS, CHILD PREDATORS, CITY OF CHICAGO, HIGH SCHOOL,JAHMESHIA CONNOR, JESSE JACKSON, PREVENTION, SOUTH SIDE