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An all-new “20/20” tackles a missing person and lack of media attention

This week's episode focuses on a missing singer 20/20.

What happens:

  • Tamika Huston was a 24-year-old singer from South Carolina who went missing and seemingly disappeared from nowhere.
  • Her aunt, a public relations professional, was struck by the discrepancies in reporting missing persons cases involving women of color, a result of “missing white woman syndrome.”
  • With a missing family member and a lack of media support in spreading the news, the search for Tamika Huston became an uphill battle for everyone involved.
  • The episode, hosted by Deborah Roberts, will feature interviews with family and friends of Huston, creator of the Finding Tamika podcast, and members of the local police department who worked on the case.
  • 20/20 airs Friday nights at 9 p.m. ET ABCNext day streaming Hulu.

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Marshal Knight

Marshal Knight is a pop culture writer based in Orlando, Florida. For some inexplicable reason, his last birthday party was daytime television themed. He would like to thank Sandra Oh.