“It is rare for a pregnant woman to vanish. But Peterson’s case likely received extra media attention from the start because she was from the same town as another well-known missing person and homicide victim — Chandra Levy, the Washington, D.C., intern who had an affair with then-Rep. Gary Condit.”

—Eerily Similar Case [Missing Pregnant Woman] Languishes in ObscuritySF Chronicle)

The victim of the story making headlines was a white girl-next-door. The victim of the story nobody is following was an illegal immigrant, and the father of her baby was a married man. Meanwhile, an official with the National Organization for Women challenges the double-homicide charge against Laci Peterson’s husband.