The Lt. Governor Diane Denish is working with local law enforcement agencies to create a new process to deal with the fact that twelve women and a baby ended up on the West Mesa in shallow graves because no one in the public knew they were missing.
Asking families to provide dental records of missing family members is a good idea along with some type of DNA. A hair bush or tooth bush can always contain DNA. The police have a kit that they give parents at the state fair every year so that you can have those pieces of information for emergencies. Families with family members at risk should be given information along with a kit so as to have those pieces of information prepared incase of the worst outcome.
The police should also keep in close contact with women’s shelters before making any public announcements so that women who are trying to get out of a harmful relationship are not put in unnecessary danger.
A website with the pictures of missing adults would also be helpful. A hotline for tips on missing individuals would be helpful in finding missing individuals.
More funding to deal with substances abuse and mental illness for homeless individuals and those who are on the edge would also help reduce the number of people who go missing in our state. Community treatment centers for these individuals would give them a home so that they can receive their medications while allowing them a close to normal life. The Reagan Administration made promises of community healthcare for the mentally ill far too many years ago and never delivered on it when they released them from hospitals and onto the cold harsh streets in this country. Perhaps it would also be good to have healthcare teams who could go out and check on the welfare of the homeless so as to know when they are in need of treatment.
One does have to wonder why more of these types of actions have not been taken by the police in this state up to this point but better late then never when it comes to women’s issues in this state.
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Abraham Lincoln
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