Nearly a month after 16-year-old Nykari Johnson’s disappearance, loved ones are searching for her one flyer at a time. Family members and advocates showed up outside the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office to demand a search for their loved one.”It’s a dead-end, so that’s what worries me the most because somebody should have spoken to her by now,” said Nykari’s mother, Tiearra Subia.Nykari Johnson is described as 4 feet, 9 inches tall and weighing about 108 pounds. She was wearing a black hoodie and white tennis shoes the last time she was seen on Dec. 27. She is said to have left on her own and without her cellphone, money, and extra clothing. A spokesperson with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office told KCRA 3 that Johnson does not meet the criteria for an at-risk juvenile, causing some community leaders to question whether the lack of action is related to race.”People of color are routinely just discounted in searches of missing persons, especially in teenagers, especially in girls,” attorney Mark Feichel said. According to the National Missing and Unidentified Person System Database, about 38% of people who go missing in the country are Black – more than double their percentage in the population. The sheriff’s office couldn’t tell us whether they’ve made contact with Johnson to determine that she’s not at risk and said she wouldn’t comment further on this case.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Nearly a month after 16-year-old Nykari Johnson’s disappearance, loved ones are searching for her one flyer at a time. Family members and advocates showed up outside the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office to demand a search for their loved one.
“It’s a dead-end, so that’s what worries me the most because somebody should have spoken to her by now,” said Nykari’s mother, Tiearra Subia.
Nykari Johnson is described as 4 feet, 9 inches tall and weighing about 108 pounds. She was wearing a black hoodie and white tennis shoes the last time she was seen on Dec. 27. She is said to have left on her own and without her cellphone, money, and extra clothing.
A spokesperson with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office told KCRA 3 that Johnson does not meet the criteria for an at-risk juvenile, causing some community leaders to question whether the lack of action is related to race.
“People of color are routinely just discounted in searches of missing persons, especially in teenagers, especially in girls,” attorney Mark Feichel said.
According to the National Missing and Unidentified Person System Database, about 38% of people who go missing in the country are Black – more than double their percentage in the population.
The sheriff’s office couldn’t tell us whether they’ve made contact with Johnson to determine that she’s not at risk and said they wouldn’t comment further on this case.
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