# Another young girl kidnapped & murdered in St. Louis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-young-girl-kidnapped-murdered-in-st-louis/121013>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 26, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-young-girl-kidnapped-murdered-in-st-louis/121013 "2002-07-26T22:06:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-young-girl-kidnapped-murdered-in-st-louis/121013/1 "2002-07-26T22:06:32Z")

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[This is getting frickin’ ridiculous!](http://www.msnbc.com/news/786008.asp)

What the hell is the world coming to!!!

I’m so upset.

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-young-girl-kidnapped-murdered-in-st-louis/121013/2 "2002-07-26T22:24:14Z")

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🙂

Has there been a sudden increase in these types of crimes, or is the instant nature of media reporting these days just make it seem that way?

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-young-girl-kidnapped-murdered-in-st-louis/121013/3 "2002-07-26T22:25:17Z")

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shit

Obviously that wasn’t meant to be a smiley, it was meant to be a ☹

Could a mod please fix the coding?

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**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-young-girl-kidnapped-murdered-in-st-louis/121013/4 "2002-07-26T23:42:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by reprise \*  
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> \*\*Has there been a sudden increase in these types of crimes, or is the instant nature of media reporting these days just make it seem that way? \*\*

Definitely the [media](http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/07/24/ctv.missing/index.html).

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**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-young-girl-kidnapped-murdered-in-st-louis/121013/5 "2002-07-26T23:50:35Z")

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Child abductions like these are actually on the decline. Child abductions are the shark attacks of 2002, IMHO.

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-young-girl-kidnapped-murdered-in-st-louis/121013/6 "2002-07-27T00:26:30Z")

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Yeah I think the media has found their niche for the summer.