Woman’s disappearance spotlights the lack of national media attention on missing women of color [Video]

When Tamika Huston vanished, a trail of evidence led South Carolina investigators on a yearlong search to find her. Their discoveries would reveal a shocking murder and unexpected killer, but Huston’s story would spotlight concerns faced by families of missing women of color and the lack of national media attention given to their cases.

“I was shocked because I will tell you, I think I was very naive to what was going to happen here,” Rebkah Howard, Huston’s aunt who is also a public relations specialist, reflected in a new “20/20” interview about the case. “It was met with deaf ears. No one was really listening to me.”

When the 24-year-old Huston went missing in May 2004, her family was certain her case would garner national …