Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What resort????

It's the Riu Republica, which is known as party central. Think Spring break in Cancun.

I've been to Punta Cana myself, but at a much more laid back resort that is geared toward middle-age couples. We felt completely safe there.

I’m sure she did, too. Doesn’t make it safe.

[Anonymous]

I would not allow my college age student to go in such a trip

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What resort????

It's the Riu Republica, which is known as party central. Think Spring break in Cancun.

I've been to Punta Cana myself, but at a much more laid back resort that is geared toward middle-age couples. We felt completely safe there.

I’m sure she did, too. Doesn’t make it safe.

It's safe if you don't go walking on the beach at 4 AM like she did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am shocked this isn’t getting more press.

Ok not really shocked because…

It was just featured in People and TMZ. Your narrative is stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pray that she is found safe. Sad that her ethnicity precludes more publicity that may help find her.

Bless your heart. It’s on TMZ and People now. Media outlets were just alerted this morning, and it’s Sunday morning. But, you’re racist, so.

I truly hope she is safe and they find her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am shocked this isn’t getting more press.

Ok not really shocked because…

It was just featured in People and TMZ. Your narrative is stupid.

It’s been making the rounds for at least 24 hours. A missing white girl is on TMZ a heck of a lot sooner than this afternoon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pray that she is found safe. Sad that her ethnicity precludes more publicity that may help find her.

Bless your heart. It’s on TMZ and People now. Media outlets were just alerted this morning, and it’s Sunday morning. But, you’re racist, so.

I truly hope she is safe and they find her.

I hope we are wrong and the press keeps up the coverage but it’s a fact that missing brown and black girls don’t receive the same amount of press as missing white girls.

https://www.knoe.com/2024/12/26/gabby-petitos-father-starts-foundation-increase-media-coverage-missing-black-brown-people/?outputType=amp

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/legislation/hearings/the-neglected-epidemic-of-missing-bipoc-women-and-girls

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/when-a-black-person-goes-missing-families-say-their-cases-get-left-behind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pray that she is found safe. Sad that her ethnicity precludes more publicity that may help find her.

Bless your heart. It’s on TMZ and People now. Media outlets were just alerted this morning, and it’s Sunday morning. But, you’re racist, so.

I truly hope she is safe and they find her.

I hope we are wrong and the press keeps up the coverage but it’s a fact that missing brown and black girls don’t receive the same amount of press as missing white girls.

https://www.knoe.com/2024/12/26/gabby-petitos-father-starts-foundation-increase-media-coverage-missing-black-brown-people/?outputType=amp

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/legislation/hearings/the-neglected-epidemic-of-missing-bipoc-women-and-girls

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/when-a-black-person-goes-missing-families-say-their-cases-get-left-behind

PP you're responding to. Agree that was the case. It's not longer the case. Let's move on from the past, let go of virtue signaling and anger and old liberal talking points and focus on sending well wishes to her family and pray that she returns home safely. If you're really that concerned, you'd redirect the time you spent googling left leaning data and you'd be emailing news outlets with her info instead. You're just salivating to turn this into an issue of racism. Let's keep this productive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am shocked this isn’t getting more press.

Ok not really shocked because…

It was just featured in People and TMZ. Your narrative is stupid.

It’s been making the rounds for at least 24 hours. A missing white girl is on TMZ a heck of a lot sooner than this afternoon.

What news outlets have you been in touch with today to promote finding her?

[Anonymous]

Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

I hope they find her, too. It was just reported on Fox, so the media is picking it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pray that she is found safe. Sad that her ethnicity precludes more publicity that may help find her.

Bless your heart. It’s on TMZ and People now. Media outlets were just alerted this morning, and it’s Sunday morning. But, you’re racist, so.

I truly hope she is safe and they find her.

I hope we are wrong and the press keeps up the coverage but it’s a fact that missing brown and black girls don’t receive the same amount of press as missing white girls.

https://www.knoe.com/2024/12/26/gabby-petitos-father-starts-foundation-increase-media-coverage-missing-black-brown-people/?outputType=amp

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/legislation/hearings/the-neglected-epidemic-of-missing-bipoc-women-and-girls

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/when-a-black-person-goes-missing-families-say-their-cases-get-left-behind

PP you're responding to. Agree that was the case. It's not longer the case. Let's move on from the past, let go of virtue signaling and anger and old liberal talking points and focus on sending well wishes to her family and pray that she returns home safely. If you're really that concerned, you'd redirect the time you spent googling left leaning data and you'd be emailing news outlets with her info instead. You're just salivating to turn this into an issue of racism. Let's keep this productive.

Shut the fuuuu up. Nancy Grace wasn’t talking about this poor girl last night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please call police if you see her, immediately!

Hope she is found soon.

Does DCUM have a lot of DR readers?

DP. People who may also have vacationed in DR or parents of kids who are there amor about to go for spring break.

Then post in Travel?

People who don't know exactly where to post on the many forums on this site will post in this one. If mod feels it belongs in Travel, they can move it. It could also go in News forum if there is such a forum. Or political because it may get political knowing who is the tenant at 1600 PA Ave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

Are they not US citizens then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

The only people who can have a big impact on this are people in the exact place where she went missing.

People think all the media coverage helps but I don't think it does at all. It's just voyeuristic horror stories to frighten ourselves with. All that Natalee Holloway coverage didn't do a bit of good. Her killer wasn't busted and he reoffended.

What helps are police and other people on the ground.

And right now our fed.govt. is in a mess so I wouldn't be hoping for speedy, effective diplomacy right now...and even if it was effective...only people who saw her, maybe the local telecom if people nearby were producing phone data, and anyone involved in however she disappeared can help. So at best US diplomatic pressure might hurry up some data analysis. It wouldn't bring this poor girl home alive.