Friends and family of 30-year-old Lauren “El” Cho, who went missing near Joshua Tree National Park in June, are asking people to spread the word about her disappearance.
“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.
Police conducted an aerial search almost a month later, on July 24, and on July 31 they searched the property where Cho had been staying. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department told NBC Asian America that the search for Cho has never stopped, but the Sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division became involved this month after the local police had “exhausted their investigation.”“It’s the world’s worst waiting game,” the family said on Facebook.“El is many things ...
Many have pointed to Cho’s case as one that barely got any public attention when it was first reported. “If Missing White Woman Syndrome isn’t real, then can you guys please prove the complainers wrong and make some noise for this Korean American woman? Lauren Cho has been missing for MONTHS,” one person tweeted.“We realize that on the surface, the public information for both cases share some similarities,” they said on Facebook. “We understand the frustration many of you have expressed about how and why certain cases receive national coverage.
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