The fundamental basis of the American State is racism.

[Kamakazie Sith]

NYPD handled both investigations, so they aren't from two different states and while Romona was 21, Svetlana Aronov was 44 and a massive man-hunt was launched after 1 day.
The real kick in the teeth is at the end of the article.

I was talking about the runaway bride that Knife mentioned.

As for the 44 y/o lady in the article she went missing with only a set of keys, and her dog. No money for transportation, and the car was still in the driveway. Big time red flags.

Ms. Moore left with money, and was able to get transportation.

A murder which shouldn't have been allowed to occur and which Carey refused to accept even occurred until after the family found her body

He was obviously wrong. That doesn't mean this was a matter of racism...if anything it was a matter of police falling into a pattern for events like this.

Again, I will remind you that the majority of missing persons are actually people who want to leave, and with those people a search wastes time, money, and resources because they're adults and are free to leave without telling anyone.

[Kamakazie Sith]

Nonetheless, someone should've been called to bring those folks who've gone bonkers back to their family and loved ones, dontcha think so?

Gone bonkers? Are you asserting that they've gone crazy just because they want to get away from their family?

[Shroom Man 777]

The least they could've done was told their loved ones or something... I mean, you can't blame the family for going nuts over a magically disappearing daddy.

[Straha]

The least they could've done was told their loved ones or something... I mean, you can't blame the family for going nuts over a magically disappearing daddy.

No, I can't blame the family for going nuts. I'd probably do the same.

That being said ditching your moral obligation to your wife and kids and running out from work isn't really police business. No more than a man going on a "business trip" with his secretary to Bermuda is police business.

[The Duchess of Zeon]

Anyway, it was completely out of character for her. If she'd had a history of problems or leaving the house for a long time, yeah, brush it off. But this girl? It should have been obvious from her mother's report that something was amiss.

How many of the average 20 missing person complaints do you think the person swears it's out of character? This is why they have a waiting period for non-suspicious missing persons.

Which means that you devote, oh, an hour to making telephone calls to acquaintances of the disappeared individual, to see if anything unusual happened that warrants investigation. You can probably do half of them while driving...

[Kamakazie Sith]

Which means that you devote, oh, an hour to making telephone calls to acquaintances of the disappeared individual, to see if anything unusual happened that warrants investigation. You can probably do half of them while driving...

Which is not an indication of racism, but a failing in NYPD policy.

What you suggest is certainly a good idea, and is a quality I like to see in all officers, but you need to also realize that it is not always possible especially if they have a lot of calls holding.