Jameshia Conner, 12, was found strangled and dumped in an alley near her home after being missing for two weeks.
Authorities believe that Jameshia was only dead one day before her body was found, although she had been missing two weeks.
The family is reportedly criticizing police, saying they did not give Jameshia's case the attention it required. They are saying that had the case been handled correctly, Jamesia may still be alive. They say that the police mistakenly marked the case as a run-away, instead of a missing endangered child.
According to Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell, a Chicago Sun Times investigator has found that not all missing persons cases are treated equally, that race and age play a big factor in how they are handled. In Chicago, it is believed that many early-teens children are labeled as runaways, diminishing the severity of their missing person status.
The Chicago Police Department denies these allegations, saying the police responded within 2 minutes of receiving the missing persons report.
In Issue's interview with Kawanis Conner, Jameshia's father, he thanks the police for what they did do. Pastor Chris Harris, the pastor for Jameshia's family, echos the statements of Conner and says that they will make additional statements at a press conference Tuesday, December 8.
Issue's Jane Velez-Mitchell questioned Conner again about why he is now thanking the police after he an his family have been quoted in 'a stack of news articles' criticizing them.
