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Indeed I should probably say "mediagenic" rather than "photogenic".
What are the triggers that turn an adult missing persons case into news? Is it reliant on media picking it up or is it also to do with police categorising it in a certain way, making an appeal etc. Is it just the number of days? I see missing persons appeals on social media quite often and sometimes they even have police case numbers attached but rarely make the news.
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Your long post is thought-provoking. I wonder about the relationship between media and audience, like chicken and egg. Do the media focus on certain aspects and then feed it to the public, or is it the public who are only interested in certain aspects and that shapes the media's focus? The Sarah Everard news is certainly horrific and sad regardless.
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Sorry that wasn't mean to sound angry at you, so no need to apologise!
Cases where the victim isn't known to the perpetrator are unusual, so that's one, but there was definitely more going on in this case.
Like you said, there are many missing person cases unfortunately which normally receive no / little media coverage.
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Bit more than just being photogenic - middle class white young professional woman (went to Durham, enough said) who was abducted in the middle class London rental entry ground that is Clapham. This speaks to the white outside of London middle classes because it could have been one of their darlings.
Where was the same outcry for Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry? Apparently the only people who found them photogenic were the sick police who took pictures of the crime scene and shared them on WhatsApp.