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Lauren Cho disappeared in June. Her case is getting renewed calls to action.

As awareness of missing person cases increases nationwide, friends and family of 30-year-old Lauren “El” Cho, who disappeared near Joshua Tree National Park in California in June, are asking people to bring the same energy to finding her.

“Where is my sister?!” a sibling posted on Facebook in August. Since early July, the family has run a page called “Missing Person: Lauren ‘El’ Cho” to raise awareness as they wait for updates from authorities.

“Someone knows what happened,” the post continued.

Recent interest in missing persons cases, fueled by the disappearance and death of Gabby Petito, inspired some friends of Cho to spread her story on Twitter.

“Despite how much it hurts to reopen this, I want to use the attention now and just power through,” one of Cho’s friends said in a now-viral tweet spreading details about her disappearance and last whereabouts.

Cho, a resident of New Jersey, went missing on June 28 around 5 p.m. when she left her Airbnb on a remote, mountainous trail in Yucca Valley, California. Cho was traveling with her friends and ex-boyfriend, and they told police that when they last saw her, she walked away from the residence and into the desert with no food, water or cellphone.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/lauren-cho-friends-missing-n-161715297.html

Teen Mom Brain Dead After Being Shot in Back of Head by School Safety Officer

An 18-year-old mother has been left brain dead after a school safety officer shot her in the back of the head, her family says.

Mona Rodriguez, who has a 5-month-old son, was reportedly driving away after a fight with a 15-year-old girl, when the officer opened fire. Rodriguez was in the passenger seat; the 20-year-old father of her child, Rafeul Chowdhury, and his 16-year-old brother were also in the car at the time. Neither male was hurt.

The shooting, which occurred near Millikan High School in Long Beach on Monday afternoon — and not on school grounds — was captured by a witness on cellphone camera, and obtained by KTLA; it appears to show the officer approach the stopped car's passenger-side window.

The car suddenly turns right and speeds off past him, when at least two shots are fired at the departing vehicle.

"He has his gun!" the witness can be heard exclaiming. "No! Get down!" she screams as the shots ring out.



https://toofab.com/2021/09/30/cali-teen-mom-brain-dead-after-being-shot-in-back-of-head-by-school-safety-officer-while-driving-away-from-fight/