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Boston Police Took 45 Days to Tell the Public Reina Morales Rojas Was Missing. Three Years Later, She Still Is.

Boston Police Took 45 Days to Tell the Public Reina Morales Rojas Was Missing. Three Years Later, She Still Is.

Reina Carolina Morales Rojas, a 41-year-old mother of two from El Salvador, was last seen getting into a silver van in East Boston on Nov. 26, 2022. Her family reported her missing two days later. Boston police didn't tell the public for 45 days — a delay the department itself calls a "misstep." That same winter, another missing Massachusetts woman was national news within days. Reina has never been found.

2026-07-03 · explainer
Some Deaths Make the News. Most Don't. And the Gap Isn't Random.

Some Deaths Make the News. Most Don't. And the Gap Isn't Random.

When someone goes missing or is found dead, whether the country hears their name isn't random — it tracks race and class, and the disparity is documented down to the percentages. Here's the pattern, the numbers, why it happens, and the viral figures about it that are themselves wrong.

2026-06-25 · explainer
Tonea Miller Died on Juneteenth. Her Family Disputes the Official Account, and the News Was a Week Late.

Tonea Miller Died on Juneteenth. Her Family Disputes the Official Account, and the News Was a Week Late.

Tonea Miller, 27, was found hanging in a Miami park on Juneteenth. Police call it an apparent suicide; the medical examiner hasn't ruled; her family doesn't believe it. We can't tell you how she died — but for a week almost no one in the press said her name, and that silence is its own story.

2026-06-25 · explainer
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