I understand your response that it could be my wife and child. Yes, it could be. But the point is, there are many, many others who suffer the same, but don't seem to merit the same level of "help" from the media. I would dare say that the media don't give a rat's rear end about Laci. It's a story, something they can use to get ratings.
Sorry that I sound so cynical, but would you disagree with me, honestly?
I guess not. I think what makes the case unique though is for the moment no one really knows what happened to her. Her family must be living with a knife's edge of perpetual anxiety, wondering from one day to the next if she's alive or dead. Its sheer torture and it takes a huge mental and physical toll on you. I never want to see anyone go through that type of experience.
There was a pregnant woman here who was in the army and her husband hired his brother to kill her and it never made much news.