Activists in Gwinnett County are calling for more diligent policing when it comes to missing Hispanic kids.
This comes after the recent arrest of a since-fired Doraville police officer who was charged with the kidnapping and murder of 16-year-old Susana Morales from Gwinnett County more than six months after she was reported missing.
Initially, police labeled Morales as a runaway and said there was no indication she was held against her will. Then in February, investigators found Morales’ skeletal remains more than 20 miles from where she was last seen, as well as a personal handgun of the ex-police officer, Miles Bryant, who was arrested at Gwinnett’s police headquarters one week later.
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