All hail the power of blogs! The reward fund is up to over $10,000, thanks to All Spin Zone and public pressure. See, CNN, there is an audience for non-blonde, non-white missing women!
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) — The Philadelphia Citizens Crime Commission, with the help of a Philadelphia blogger, have launched a reward fund for information leading to Latoyia Figueroa, a 24-year-old pregnant mother of one who has been missing since July 18.
Santo Montecalvo, vice president of the Philadelphia Citizens Crime Commission, said the commission’s reward fund had reached $10,000 Wednesday morning. And Richard Blair of Philadelphia has launched a drive for the reward fund through his blog, allspinzone.com.
“The Citizens Crime Commission does not have a way to make a donation online so we’ve taken up that task,” he said.
Blair said he has been covering this story on his site because he does not think it has gotten the publicity it deserves.
“I just didn’t feel that this story had been given any publicity — young, black woman out of the ghetto. … I want them to know that there’s people out there thinking about them,” he said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Philadelphia Southwest detective division at 215-686-3183.
