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- ↑ Boogie, Aqua. "The epidemic very few are talking about: Missing Black women and girls". REVOLT. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
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- ↑ Kim, Juliana. "Decades-old missing person case solved after relative uploads DNA to genealogy site". NPR.
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- ↑ "The Sisters-in-Law Fighting 'Missing White Woman Syndrome'". ELLE. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (2022-02-28). "'Access Hollywood' Teams With Black and Missing Foundation to Highlight True Crime Coverage on Persons of Color". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-08.