• Missing

    I remember when the story came into our newsroom.   A local girl had supposedly gone missing while on spring break in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  I say supposedly because in the news industry a person isn’t missing until police say so.   Over the years we have received countless phone calls from frantic loved ones pleading with us to run a photo on the evening news.  They begged for help, but our hands were tied until it authorities confirmed it to be suspicious.  More often than not the missing person turned out to be a runaway.   Initially,  many people in our newsroom were skeptical about Brittanee Drexel’s supposed disappearance. …