# Van lifer goes missing on cross country trip with fiancee **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-lifer-goes-missing-on-cross-country-trip-with-fiancee/950604 "2021-09-13T13:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 265
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-lifer-goes-missing-on-cross-country-trip-with-fiancee/950604/265 "2021-09-19T22:36:46Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > I’m just amazed that there’s so much media attention for a missing attractive young white woman. I guess because it’s never happened before. Lol. An OP I wrote _eighteen years ago_: > [@To the National Media: Lacy Peterson isn't the only person missing in this country...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-national-media-lacy-peterson-isnt-the-only-person-missing-in-this-country/149417): > > For starters, I hope she and her child are OK. I fear not, but there is still hope. But… Why is this a national story? Why? Why? I understand the pregnancy adds to the poignancy of the story, that explains some of it. But it doesn’t explain the three women in Oregon last month, the woman and her daughter (and the daughters friend) who were missing in some California national park a few months ago, Jon Benet, etc. All female, all white, all national stories. Why are missing black people, mis… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-lifer-goes-missing-on-cross-country-trip-with-fiancee/950604)._