[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by InOne

This goes back to my original point. Look how good she looks there, theres been loads of different photos. If she was fat and ugly and older it would not get this attention


But it's good they've found someone to give the family closure.

I'm still going with the angle that it was because of the time of year and in how much the parents went public on it.....and then with it going from a missing person enquiry to a murder hunt seeking the killer. That together with the previous unsolved case in the area over 30 odd years ago - I think all of those factors helped gain it coverage.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I'm still going with the angle that it was because of the time of year and in how much the parents went public on it.....and then with it going from a missing person enquiry to a murder hunt seeking the killer. That together with the previous unsolved case in the area over 30 odd years ago - I think all of those factors helped gain it coverage.

I disagree with the time of year argument, I read an article last week about how three other people went missing the very same week - and are still missing - but have recieved no publicity

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I disagree with the time of year argument, I read an article last week about how three other people went missing the very same week - and are still missing - but have recieved no publicity

Still missing, but not found dead - I think that may have had much to do with the continued reporting - and as I mentioned, the previous unsolved murder in the area 30years ago etc.

Aslo - have these missing persons families pushed for media coverage - have they had any (I'm asking you something that you wouldn't perhaps be expected to know...sorry!!!)

The other thing that may have something to do with it is 'social class' (which I guess touches a little on InOne's original thoughts on Joanna 'having a good job') - that could be a factor, I agree.

Not being part of the media, like yourselves, I'm only open to my own thoughts. You may both be right.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Still missing, but not found dead - I think that may have had much to do with the continued reporting - and as I mentioned, the previous unsolved murder in the area 30years ago etc.

Aslo - have these missing persons families pushed for media coverage - have they had any (I'm asking you something that you wouldn't perhaps be expected to know...sorry!!!)

The other thing that may have something to do with it is 'social class' (which I guess touches a little on InOne's original thoughts on Joanna 'having a good job') - that could be a factor, I agree.

Not being part of the media, like yourselves, I'm only open to my own thoughts. You may both be right.

But this case still recieved a lot of publicity before she was found dead. In the case of one of the people who went missing, it had been the sixth time since July so that would have played a part.

I'm unsure if any family pushed for media coverage, they may well not have done, I'm not really in a position to say

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by MTVN

But this case still recieved a lot of publicity before she was found dead. In the case of one of the people who went missing, it had been the sixth time since July so that would have played a part.

I'm unsure if any family pushed for media coverage, they may well not have done, I'm not really in a position to say

I think Joanna's family's willingness to make public appeals when she was missing -at that time of year - put it in the spotlight intially. Given that it was just a week between her officially being reported missing and her body found: the case took a whole new twist - on hunting for a killer - especially when there appeared to be no real motive. Additionally, there was the comparison to a similar type unsolved murder from years ago.

the circumstances - with Greg the boyfriend being away that very weekend Joanna disappeared, her not joining him to 'wave him off goodbye' knowing he'd be driving in fairly bad / snowy driving conitions, him texting / her not replying / Joanna saying she was looking forward to weekend on her own then texting a male friend an hour or so after Greg left Bristol inviting them for a drink, both the father and boyfriend referring to Joanna in the past tense before her body had been found etc ..... there were a lot of elements to the situation which could have spun it in various ways.

Guess what I'm saying is that there were a lot of behaviours in the whole scenario (which could - 'could' - be construed as 'odd/strange/not quite right' - that gave it a far more (gruesomely) interesting angle to it - adding to the heightened intrest in the case. Rather than (for example) - some girl being randomly knifed to death in a shopping centre.