Off Beat: Hero of the Day: ABC News
A pregnant woman disappears. Police suspect foul play. Soon, the national media spotlight focuses on the small city of Canton, Ohio, as reporters, lights and camera crews descend on the town.Much more here.
Some deaths, like the recent murder of 26-year-old Jessie Davis in Canton, seem to hold the nation transfixed.
Police now say Davis, who was nine months pregnant, was murdered June 14. Like that of Laci Peterson, Davis' case has become the stuff of talk show fodder and 24-hour-cable news alerts. About 750 people attended her funeral this weekend.
It's not always like that. Last year, there were more than 16,000 homicides in the United States. That's an average of about 45 people killed every day, nearly one every half hour.
posted by Fergie @ 7/03/2007 01:15:00 PM
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