Despite local media reporting Daniel’s disappearance as early as July 9, 2021, Robinson also felt the case did not receive the necessary media coverage.
At the time, America’s attention was captured by the disappearance and death of Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old White woman.
“You wish you lived in a world where everything was equal, but it’s really not equal,” Robinson told CNN then.
According to 2022 FBI data, Black people make up 31% of missing person reports but only 13% of the US population.
The foundation partners with families of missing Black and brown people, as well as groups dedicated to raising awareness of these cases, such as the Black & Missing Foundation.
Petito is currently working on a television series called “Faces of the Missing,” which will highlight dozens of unsolved missing persons cases he says have received little media coverage.
“We’ve always said that missing persons isn’t a Black issue, it’s not a White issue, it’s a human rights issue,” Wilson said. »
