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Fawke Em

(11,366 posts) Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:15 AM Mar 2012

Question regarding Trayvon Martin's "disappearance."

I haven't heard or read what his family was doing to look for him before they were contacted about his death - two or three days later.

Had they been looking for him or reported him missing?

I keep hearing about his phone and how the authorities could have IDed him if they'd thought to look at the phone, but what were his parents doing? I know that if my kid didn't come home after a trip to the store, I'd be looking.

Not judging, btw. This is a tragedy and the police bungling in this case is beyond the pale. This is just a question I have that I haven't seen answered.

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Question regarding Trayvon Martin's "disappearance." (Original Post) Fawke Em Mar 2012 OP

His father reported him missing. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #1

THANK YOU! Fawke Em Mar 2012 #2

Sick bastards Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #3

I just read that. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #5

How could someone do that to a parent? ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #6

I read this last week: Raine1967 Mar 2012 #4

A question sarge43 Mar 2012 #7

another identity is his phone riverbendviewgal Mar 2012 #8

Thanks for the info sarge43 Mar 2012 #10

A travesty, on top of incompetence, injustice, hatred and fear. The Midway Rebel Mar 2012 #9

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)

1. His father reported him missing.

Reply to Fawke Em (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:21 AM

Mar 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/opinion/blow-the-curious-case-of-trayvon-martin.html

The link above has excellent (and sickening) info:

snip-

That was Feb. 27, one day after Trayvon was shot. The father thought that he was missing, according to the family’s lawyer, Benjamin Crump, but the boy’s body had actually been taken to the medical examiner’s office and listed as a John Doe.

The father called the Missing Persons Unit. No luck. Then he called 911. The police asked the father to describe the boy, after which they sent officers to the house where the father was staying. There they showed him a picture of the boy with blood coming out of his mouth.

-snip

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)

2. THANK YOU!

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:22 AM

Mar 2012

I figured he had been reported missing, but I hadn't seen the full timeline on this.

Thanks for the link.

Cirque du So-What

(25,999 posts)

3. Sick bastards

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:23 AM

Mar 2012

didn't even have the decency to perform a rudimentary 'clean-up' before snapping a 'trophy' photo.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)

5. I just read that.

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:27 AM

Mar 2012

Sick, sad and outrageous.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)

6. How could someone do that to a parent?

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:28 AM

Mar 2012

I truly hope those responsible pay for the hell they heaped upon the hell these parents already are going through.

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)

4. I read this last week:

Reply to Fawke Em (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:25 AM

Mar 2012

Charles Blow from the NYT wrote this editorial last week:

That was Feb. 27, one day after Trayvon was shot. The father thought that he was missing, according to the family’s lawyer, Benjamin Crump, but the boy’s body had actually been taken to the medical examiner’s office and listed as a John Doe.

The father called the Missing Persons Unit. No luck. Then he called 911. The police asked the father to describe the boy, after which they sent officers to the house where the father was staying. There they showed him a picture of the boy with blood coming out of his mouth.

Bold face mine. Trayvon was initially labeled a Jon Doe -- it appears to me the assumption by the police department was that he had no reason to be in the neighborhood. From all that I have read, I have not read that the police went to people in the neighborhood to see if anyone had a missing child.

Trayvon Martin was killed on February 26. He was brought to the morgue. It was his father who was looking for him.

sarge43

(28,946 posts)

7. A question

Reply to Raine1967 (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 11:54 AM

Mar 2012

The cops labeled him a John Doe. He didn't have a wallet on him, no licence, student ID, credit/debit card? That 'police force' has a lot to answer for.

riverbendviewgal

(4,254 posts)

8. another identity is his phone

Reply to sarge43 (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 12:14 PM

Mar 2012

I was a fraud analyst for a cellular phone company....Cops check out cell phones immediately, They check out who owns it and who is being called. These cops are acting dishonestly..

sarge43

(28,946 posts)

10. Thanks for the info

Reply to riverbendviewgal (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 12:34 PM

Mar 2012

I'm an old bat; cells are still something exotic.

Dishonest seems to be the kindest thing one can say about those cops.

The Midway Rebel

(2,191 posts)

9. A travesty, on top of incompetence, injustice, hatred and fear.

Reply to Fawke Em (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 12:22 PM

Mar 2012

This is the first that I learned of this part of the story. It was horrible, now it is even worse. This PD needs to be investigated for incompetence.

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