I normally don’t say much about missing people here. Simply because there are so many and there are other great sites devoted to finding missing people. Those sites do a great job in the effort to find missing people.

But this particular case is different. Maybe I’m only posting it here because I’m shocked at how it is being handled and hope to bring light to that issue. Because while nobody wants to ever have a loved one missing, it’s worse to have one missing and have them misclassified. A classification that probably dilutes the seriousness of the situation, since that classification probably is misplaced in this particular case. And I do not want it to happen to others.

The picture above is of 18 year old Jasmine Unique Earl. (Was 18 when last seen, but born on October 22, 1986.) CBSNews 46 Atlanta did an excellent report about this and before reading any further, I ask that you watch the report via this link.

The problem here is that this young woman has been missing for 6 months, her family has not mentioned any domestic issues, but police have classified her as a runaway. This classification was made because of her age and since no signs of an abduction were found. But isn’t a well adjusted person missing a good enough sign that something bad probably happened? I would have thought so. And there are plenty of other missing 18 year olds that are never given this classification.

Basically the family and police have no leads. She was last seen with her 1989 Blue chevy Astro van, GA license plate 903 LAA.

Other details about Ms. Earl are available here and here.

Now I’m sure someone seeing that she is Black is ready to drop a hot pan of race bait on this and claim she’s been classified a runaway because of her race. But the county she lives in is Dekalb County, Georgia. Dekalb County’s Sheriff is a Black man. The Sheriff’s department is taking any information that will lead to finding her. The county’s CEO (their version of a mayor) is a Black man. The Black population is over 50% and I’ve been told it’s the 2nd richest majority Black county in the nation. And yes, most of this area is under Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. You can get all the demographics you want about the county at this page.

So no race bait please. The officials running things in this area are Black.

I guess the (more than likely) misplaced classification can be blamed on class. It’s not like she was driving a Bently and has multi-millionaire parents. Regardless the reason, I don’t find it to be good or right.

I just find this classification of her being deemed a “runaway” to be very sad. This young woman probably did not run away. And her family needs all the help they can get. Claiming she is a runaway causes people to ignore this case and think that maybe there was trouble in the home, which has not been the case. Dekalb County law enforcement needs a better classification for cases like this. Her parents are praying Christians, just hoping to find their daughter. If you know anything, please pass it on to the authorities.