If you want to help stop this horribleness, which you should because you don't want to be harmed or worse, you should concentrate on stopping the majority from harming innocent and helpless children and better understand what is harmful. You and at least most of the majority must also better understand or learn what an actual reasonable person and group is as well.
This is a 1st 48 episode. Did nobody not tell u that? Little girl lost is what it is called Gwinnett county officer, she's a lady, was who happened to get assigned this case. I believe it's season 25. Maybe 24. I have it on my DVR but I'm too lazy to look up what season and episode. Your welcome sista. 1st 48 is an amazing show! My Tulsa boys are amazing! So are the mobile Boyz! If u don't watch it check it out.
This whole "teenagers run away" excuse needs to stop. Especially when the teen doesn't even have a history of doing that. Both of my teenagers are pretty much homebodies. They will go out with their friends, but they wanna be home at night. I would lose my Fn mind if the police brushed it off if one of my kids were gone.
This child was not your teenagers! It was clearly normal for her to be out that time of night, and alone, as long as she texted. I’m quite sure you wouldn’t have waited until the next morning to react, if you knew your child should have been home in no more than 30 minutes and didn’t make. They literally went to bed while she was walking in the streets alone at night, and that wasn’t a problem to them until she didn’t make it home the next morning.
@PatienceLove Wtf are you talking about? I'm talking about the police not taking it seriously. Nowhere did it say she had a history of running away and not contacting anyone, so the police shouldn't have brushed it off. My point is, the whole concept that it's immediately considered a runaway situation needs to stop.
As of 2003, on the federal level in the US, Suzanne's law, the police are required to put anyone under the age of 22 on the missing persons list and start looking for them. If you have a loved one who goes missing and is under the age of 22, remember Suzanne's law. Print up the information to show it to the police if you have to. They will try to talk you out of it, but be persistent.
Fr. Because even if they did run away from home. It should still be a concern of the persons well being. Crazy how some cops just use that as excuse to not work.
It's pure misogyny and laziness from the police there are thousands of girls and women from the 70s and 80s and 90s who the police deemed as "runaways" but are totally dead and victims of crime! Can't believe it's still used as a potential excuse in this day and age
I don't understand the "they just ran away" excuse for not investigating. Even if they DID run away, they still need to be found and brought back home.
I find it curious in these comment sections when there's the group saying: "Cops should have investigated regardless of runaway or not" as she is still a young teen. Cops say shes old enough to runaway so, nah- we will wait a bunch of weeks to care. Then you have some here blaming the family for even letting her walk home at 10pm. My thoughts are with the family!
Yeah, when I was a kid trying to run away, they wouldn't just let us get away with that. Police would be randomly stopping by my friends' houses and popular local hangouts looking for me. Runaways weren't top priority, but they had logs of missing teens/suspected runaways, and they would assign a team of (at least) two for every shift to follow leads and track down suspected runaways
It broke my heart watching this. I was kidnapped for hours when I was 5. Thankfully the monster dropped me home afterwards, not sure why, but glad he did. There was blood on my dress, but alive.@@GeminiGuidance88
Probably some social engineering and scummy behavior from the officer accused. Can't really say the whole station was covering for a murderer. With that said if that was my daughter there would be one less police station in my town.@@GeminiGuidance88
This is insane. How this officer was never reprimanded from prior actions, is beyond disgusting. My condolences to the Morales Family. No one should have to experience such a tragedy.
We live In Lawrenceville ga. It’s a neighboring community. My daughter is the same age. I’m a very small adult. I’m 5 foot 110 pounds. I was out with my daughter on a Friday night coming home from picking her up from work in norcross. This same officer pulled us over. I didn’t get a ticket, but a verbal warning for a rolling stop. The guy was creepy. My daughter said she’s seen him many times in her work place, a retail establishment. This was in February. I’m so glad insistently demanded that I took her and picked her up from work always. When I heard about this I made my daughter quit her job. She’s in college now in Gwinnett. Her dad takes her to class, waits outside her classroom and brings her home. Unconventional I know but that’s my kid. I’m not taking any chances no matter how “inconvenient”
@ApplesandTrees You are doing the RIGHT thing, never mind what other people think or find "unconventional"! The SAFTEY and PROTECTION of your child is what's most important. I applaud you and her father in your efforts to keep her safe.
It’s okay to share but please leave out the important details , there are so many other people online who are able to view what you just texted , please be careful
I'll never understand why running away is taken as a reason to not look for a child/ teen. They are still in an incredibly vulnerable position, even if they chose it.
Because most of the time kids run away, they literally come back not long after. Also, this teenager literally tried to pretend to be an adult, partying and acting in sexually inappropriate behavior for a kid...they probably assumed initially she was partying or staying at a boy toys house
@@ChristoffRevan literally everything you just listed is the exact reason why it would be so important to search for them immediately, the likelihood of harm befalling them would be even greater. Additionally, I have to wonder about the accuracy of the “most runaways return” statistic. Is it still inclusive of data on cases several decades back or has it been modernised? Pre 2010 it was not standard for everyone to have a mobile phone, let alone a smartphone, so a lot of reported runaways from previous decades may have just been from parents who had panicked over their kid’s failure to communicate in advance where they were going, as they didn’t have the technology to just text their parents about any spontaneous changes of plans or reassurances they weren’t in any trouble. It’d be a lot more accurate to make the statistic on runaways using data exclusively from the years smartphone use became widespread. But irrespective of that potential discrepancy, I still question how police reconcile using that runaway statistics as a justification to not search when they ALSO have access to the statistics (formulated using police data) of how rapidly the likelihood of finding a kidnapped person alive decreases to zero after only a few days? 🤨 Statistically, by the time the police wait a few days to rule out it being a wilful disappearance, the missing person will likely already be dead before the search even begins. So, surely that statistic should take precedent in their decision making, especially when the missing person is still a minor!
I would think happens too often that the manpower and resources are taken away from the police department if they treat every case as a missing person.
@@ChristoffRevanI’ve never ran away from home as a teenager and most of all my friends I know didn’t either. This is not common at all. You wouldn’t be saying the same thing about your child.
EXACTLY...THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ALL LIVES REALLY SHOULD MATTER! lack of laws that hold authorities ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT PROTECTING AND SERVING! Please 🙏🏼 for young women the next generation for women is going to be interesting.. 😢 WE ALL INDIVIDUALLY NEED TO ASK WHY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT ADDRESSING THINGS LIKE THIS!
@@glowinthadark Im really shocked at how this was handled. Whats the point of the Police if they cant do their jobs right? We pay for their salary to protect us and they act like they are against the very people they are supposed to be protecting
@@happyChappy96621 i agree that investigating themselves is a joke but outside of that regarding cases of stalking it is routinely not taken seriously.
Yep I was stalked by a male coworker for over 15 yrs as management and coworkers protected him, all because I refused to sleep with him. To this day I am always aware of my surroundings and actually panic if a pick up truck( which is what he drove) stays behind me for longer than I like. Apparently his wife left him and he lives above a bar now, still drunk everyday and still a loser. And yes I do carry now.
I don't understand how some men believe they have the right to stalk, assault, and kill anyone's daughter, sister, friend. He looks like a disgusting creep from the pic alone.
The world is fallen. If you’re surprised at this behavior then you lack wisdom and understanding of where we are. Sin is in everyone, including you and me. Just some people do things that are more violent. But sin is in everyone, even if we don’t commit murder, we still have sin in our hearts. Women stalk and murder too. Jesus is the only way out of this fallen state.
The police knew this guy broke in walked around this woman's home, was trying her door all the time and they gave him a "talking to"? The police are culpable in this case. They failed miserably.
@@PatienceLove not a very patient or loving thing to say. if you had paid attention, the cop had a history of this behavior. So he would’ve attacked anyone, as this was about opportunity. It’s the police departments fault for never investigating claims against him. He would’ve been fired/locked up way before this even happened
@@PatienceLove if it wasn’t her, it would’ve been another vulnerable woman. that very well could’ve been any of us, even you. Find more empathy and less victim blaming in your words, she was a child. Do better.
@@PatienceLoveSeen multiple comments of you trolling the section. You are clearly a cop boot licker. Must be related to a cop somehow cause they were definitely a failure in this. It has nothing to do with how the parents acted vs what their job as cops are. Good or bad parents, cops still should have investigated. But instead they covered for their own. And you're just a clown.
@@PatienceLove She was returning home at around 0930pm which is relatively early for a 16 year old ! You never went out when you were teen??? Blaming the parents or the victim is a nonsense and just shows that you are completely out of touch here.
@@chinadoll534well, perhaps it’s time for you to brush up on the endless amount of “wyt” missing teens who were given the same line of BS from the police as this young woman’s family. Maybe then you’ll stop perpetuating this nonsense that if you magically change their color, you’d have an instant reaction from lazy law enforcement
I feel like the police always are more worried about protecting others in the police force, who’s to say they weren’t well aware of what was going on where their fellow coworker. I bet you they were.
He should've never been a cop in the first place. Sue the police department for their lack of accountability and transparency. Coldolences to the loss of an innocent young teen 🙏
This poor baby. My heart goes out for her, and him using being a police officer, in the military as a cover for his sick predatory behavior. Thank you, Judge, for refusing to let him go. I pray that he never gets out to hurt anyone again.
They didn’t look for her for a month?!??! She was a minor, that is crazy and there should be repercussions for the police department in this case. It’s absolutely horrific. Rest easy pretty girl 🤍🫶🏽
@@AyyoShyGurlTvare you dense? The person was pointing out the reason why she wasn’t searched. The system doesn’t benefit poor immigrants or minorities. Read a book! Xox
I'm so tired of living in such a low trust society. Our leaders cant even vet our police, firefighters, teachers, etc...how do we expect the kids to trust adult authority when the adults are toe tagging the kids like this?
YES! VERY great point! We honestly cannot tell our kids to just trust every official anymore, period. We have to add on yet ANOTHER conversation with our children about this whole topic 😩🥺🤯😭
We don’t live in a “low trust society” lmao, you cant expect utopia in a country of 300m+ people, it’d be irrational to do so. Until we replace police officers with robots this kind of thing is going to happen.
@@kentuckyleigh9623 what conversation could you have possibly have with your daughter to keep her from getting kidnapped and murdered by a someone who happened to be a officer???
@@Johnnleapdon’t trust the police. 🤷🏾♀️ I automatically assume ever cop could be potentially bad until they show me other wise. We don’t trust random strangers and most cops are random strangers.
Speaking as a latch key kid. That's hyperbolic nonsense. Her daughter had probably walked that same path dozens of times before. And this attitude is why police stations pull this kind of stuff. Those stations are filled with people like you. People that love placing blame on the victim. And you'll do it shamelessly because your ability to empathize doesn't extend past your fingertips or whatever resembles you in the mirror. I bet if this was Suzie Smith with her daughter Kristie Smith you'd be singing a different tune right now.
I thought that was odd that the family only realised she hadn’t come home in the morning even though she told them that she was on her way home the night before
My mom never allowed me and my sister to walk anywhere after a certain time and she always picked us up no matter what time of the night we might get cussed out the entire time but she knew we were safe!
@@PatienceLove you obviously are a cop.... a weirdo cop just like buddy. how about take prior complaints of someone seriously, before they go and kill someone...
The amount of times a teenager goes missing in America and the police always use the excuse “they are a runaway” is astounding! They are the POLICE it’s their damn job! Why are they so lazy?!
I live in the area and remember the police stating as one of their excuses that they’re low on staff and don’t have enough officers to be looking into every crime 😡 The lack of support this family received from the police department absolutely caused a major lack of support, compassion, and empathy from the local community on social media. The comments about Susana and her family were disgusting to say the least
I live in Gwinnett and drive through Doraville to get to my office. They all dropped the ball. The cop should have been fired long before this and received criminal charges for breaking in. This wasn’t on the news until way after she went missing…. This really sad and I feel for Susana’s loved ones. This should have never happened.
There should’ve been an Amber Alert immediately issued. The way the police handled this case is absolutely horrendous. They should all be fired all the way up to the Chief.
There very specific criteria that must be met in order to issue an amber alert. Unfortunately, one can’t be issued each time a juvenile goes missing. That isn’t to say this investigation was not botched. It absolutely was.
This would have only met 2 of the 5 requirements. There has to be reasonable belief by law enforcement that an abduction has occurred, believing (by law enforcement, factual not emotional) that she was in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death AND enough descriptive information about the abduction for law enforcement to issue an AMBER Alert to assist. There were a lot of mistakes from the beginning. Although I wish it was reported immediately, this could have been prevented all together had all of the other red flags and concerns been properly investigated.
@@jondra1693 She met all the requirements upon investigation into the department of police that failed this child. She literally met every single requirement, they were stalling and covering for their pure ev!l child murderer coworker.
I got so confused that I clicked on Law and Crime and Annie started playing. Then I realized they are playing her video. I've never seen this done before, but glad that they're promoting her!! I've watched Annie for a long time, and is a great journalist.
I worked as a maintenance man for several apt complexes. When I would enter a residents apt for an ac call, it would sometimes feel fine "to me", but I would always take the residents word over my opinion due to the simple fact that I did not live there. They were acclimated to that temp, if it was higher than normal or out of the ordinary; they'd know about it more than I. The fact that police assumed she wasn't in immediate danger is alarming and should be seen as a extreme cause for concern.
Based on his behavior and escalation, there's no doubt in my mind that he would do this again and again if he hadn't been caught. This whole story is heartbreaking.
this story really shook me. the negligence of law enforcement is just absolutely disgusting and it makes me so angry. hearing the mothers cries at the funeral just broke my heart to pieces. she will never ever be the same. ugh.
This is in 2022, the police sound like they are stuck in the 80's. Everybody now knows about the importance of the first 24hrs. I hope her family sues the police.
Yep. I was watching a video on Shannan Watts and they said there that this 24-48 waiting person is no longer a thing. So the police must have been lying. Edit: she addresses this towards the end of the video.
The thing is, there’s literally thousands of missing persons cases and the vast majority of them are run away or someone just losing contact. If the police had a rapid response for every case then nothing would get solved
“Teenagers run away” it’s frustrating hearing that, especially when it’s cops saying that, they don’t know the child, to just assume they ran away just because they’re a teenager is infuriating. I’ve read and heard about cases where the parents are adamant about the fact their child would never run away, yet they’re brushed off by the cops. Even if they did run away why not investigate further?
Sussana's case was covered on The First 48 and they omitted all this detail on how the police ignored her case for so long. A&E edited it so well that it seemed they worked immediately on the missing persons call. 😮
I would look at suing the Gwinnett County police department because their lack of response initially was grossly negligent. A 16 year old girl who is so involved at school and with a routine doesn’t just “run away” after texting her parents that she’s on her way home. The police attitude toward her being missing was just incredibly ignorant and lazy. It’s really sad that kids can’t just walk to and from a friend’s house without being at risk of serious harm from some stranger. I’m so sorry for her family who loved her so much and had to endure the waiting and the ultimate tragedy of losing their beloved girl. 😭🙏🏼
Then the community should gather together to help look for her. Stop counting on the cops to go door to door or look in every bush for anybody. Honestly…why isn’t there some sort of team that’s put together to help look for the missing person instead of waiting for the cops.
Waiting til the next day is concerning.. I freak out if my kid isn’t home from school within 15 mins from the last bell 😭. And they need to change their 48 hr missing report policy. If they’re a minor, they need to be searched immediately.
Maybe the family was in denial about the seriousness of the situation and hoped she would come home in the morning. Not saying I’d personally react this way this is just an alternative sympathetic perspective.
@@Bailey-ww6ru The family agreed that Susana would not stay out without notifying her parents, which I assume would be, asking permission to stay overnight at a friend's house. Considering her mother received a text saying that Susana would be leaving to come home soon, there would be no reason for anyone to think that she was staying overnight at the friend's house or stopping somewhere else before coming home. So it seems silly to me to say that the parents didn't think it was a serious situation. If they didn't, they were FOOLS!
I know I was wondering why she wasn't reported around midnight maybe she accidentally fell asleep certain details we won't know that are not important curious as to why she let her walk home that late at night alone anyways? We're living in the time of mass human trafficking of women everywhere all around the world it's like the suppression of women is at an all-time high on so many different levels . And the fact that multiple offenses happened to different people before anything ever got investigated is another form of suppression and neglect for young ladies 😢
I live where this took place and let me tell you the amount of LACK of support this family got not only from the community, but from the police department was OUTRAGEOUS. Her family, friends, & neighbors posted on social media very consistently on a day to day basis searching for her and I remember the disgusting comments on the Nextdoor app putting the blame on Susana and the family 😡
took me about 3 weeks to watch this I miss Susana so much. She's never forgotten in my heart and the friends we shared or friends outside the circle still continue to mourn for her.
Update: June 12th - Miles was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping and false report of a crime and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
I'm from that part of Norcross and went to the same high school. I'm glad you're bringing more light to this. GPD really dropped the ball on this and another case that happened at the same time. There was another teenager named Rodrigo Floriano Mayen from the same school that was found dead in a shed from an overdose. One of my friends lives a few homes away from the house with that shed. Apparently, the family had tips that he was in that shed, but GPD took forever to actually check it. Another friend of mines younger sister who went to school with both teens thinks there's more to his story than just an overdose. RIP to both teens.
22 years old not sill in the military and already a police officer. That means he was discharged either honorably or not. I'd have to guess dishonorably. Clearly one of the people that should have been denied his job as an officer.
He could have gotten an other than honorable, medically separated or honorable, along with dishonorable, but if he got dishonorable, he wouldn't have been hired by any PD in this country.
A child is a child NO MATTER what skin color. Law enforcement nationwide should immediately begin searching for them. No waiting should be in place. Absolutely Law enforcement dropped the ball. Maybe to protect one of their own but either way THEY FAILED the child and family. No one child or not goes without our phones now days. We do everything by our phones. Prayers for the family. RIP 💔
Had nothing to do with skin...she was a party girl that clearly tried to pretend she was an adult with her sexy, inappropriate clothing choices for a young teenager; so, it's not unreasonable that she could have been out partying, taking drugs, whatever
@@Schrodingers_Kat have zero idea who that is, and I don't care to know...also, that's false anyway...crime happens, but media overblows it. You are a victim of media hyping things up, don't try to act like you're some psychologist and somehow know human behaviour
Disgusting lack of acknowledgement to teenagers going missing. It should NEVER be considered normal for kids to not return home even if they tend to go out with friends or sneak out.
The cops didn't even pick the ball up, let alone drop it. RIP Susana, you've been found and brought back to your family and loved ones, baby girl. Sincere condolences to the Morales Family. God Bless you xox
The fact that he stalked more then one woman is crazy, why even let someone that crazy be out. Women can't even feel safe in their own home or walking home. Seeing those videos of him gave me the creeps, hope he never gets out because im sure he would do it again
This is the first I’ve heard of this case, which I find shocking. This is a clear example of discrimination. We need a way for missing persons to be reported to the public without relying on police. Just because police didn’t care about Susana doesn’t mean the public wouldn’t. But we don’t hear about it. In this age of technology there has to be a solution. This is also an example of police brotherhood. He could have been stopped before Susana was attacked. I’ll be watching the progress of their civil suit. The city needs to be held responsible for their despicable response and the devastating consequences. Susana’s life matters.
Anne, this one had so many red flags. It is appalling that neither one of the departments is being held accountable for dropping the ball. I'm heartbroken. This young lady lost her life. I hope that her family will seek just not just by her murderer being held accountable but also by the two departments. Keep up the great work you do by telling the stories of the lost. I appreciate you ❤
I forgot about this case, so saddening I lived in Doraville and Norcross for 2.5 years and for people that don’t know they are communities about 15 minutes above metro Atlanta, mostly Hispanic and African communities. Teens would wonder down busy streets all the time over there to catch the bus to the Doraville train station to go to midtown I’m pretty sure that’s changed now. I wish I could hurt this monster that hurt Susana! It is sickening because my cousins, nephew and niece still stay in North Atlanta.
I was watching another Law&Crime episode, and a very interesting point was made that the "48 hr" missing rule is antequated and was based on how long it would take on average for a runaway to get in contact with someone after getting to their destination and find a phone. This rule was before cell phones, and had cell phones been around then, there would not be a 48 hr rule, and that they would just go by whether or not the family believes the person is missing. If you're ever in this position, tell the police this, and that you will sue them for negligence and using an antiquated rule.
I would encourage your viewers to also watch The First 48 episode on this case. It gives a more credible first-hand account of the police involvement, especially the work of Detective Carter, who worked hand in hand with the family, and shared feelings of disgust towards the officer found responsible.
@@itsjuliannajoit’s The First 48. It’s a really recent one, Season 24, episode 20. “Little Girl Lost.” It really shows all the steps taken by the detectives, & they seem to have done everything they could in Gwinnett county, where she was reported missing. However, the other state(county maybe?) where the guy/murderer worked as a police officer- THAT was the agency that really dropped the ball!! They were the department where he was 1st reported as being a stalker! Caught on surveillance & all that s**t. Gwinnett County was the PD who solved Susannah‘s disappearance/murder. They tracked down the evidence, found that surveillance from the other PD (which was never investigated by his own agency btw). Gwinnett Co did a great job - - it was the OTHER agency, where the officer worked that did a TERRIBLE job, NEVER looked into the claims of stalking, even though they had the video evidence, & they were pretty much unwilling to share it with Gwinnett CO until they pushed for it. Anyway - - that’s the episode. It’s the last episode of season 24. It’s on Hulu. Please watch! It makes a huge difference in perception of this case.
I love how AFTER they charge him with kidnapping & murder they have the audacity to claim as soon as they were informed she was missing, they immediately started investigating every lead…. In reality they did everything in their power to insure Susanna would never be found alive. That family needs to sue that PD. Negligence is just as illegal.
The police failed 💯. They should have followed up, knowing there was a previous complaint of the guy walking into an apartment. How did the police not already have this guy as a suspect? Nope they failed this young girl.
The protect the blue is real. This dude is a cop and a veteran. He failed on all accounts. Not all cops are good and neither are all veterans any good. As in this case some are the devil in sheep clothing. Prayers and justice for the family.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🧑🏽⚖🧑🏽⚖
This poor family should sue the Police Department who ignored them and resulted in her tragic death. It is disgraceful that they showed no interest in her disappearance despite the family reporting her when she didn't come home when she was expected to. Even this rubbish of waiting for 48 hours is absolutely unacceptable.
Even if they wouldve done their job and immediately investigated and looked for her, she wouldve probably still not been found alive. She more than likely was murdered that same night... unfortunately. Prayers for her family, I cant imagine what her mother is going through. 😔
This happen so close to home literally less than a mile from me and it SUCKS hearing about this case cause when I’m telling you the whole community was putting in way more work than the police force did. The community did!! Rip to susana and prayers sent to her family and friends.❤
The crazy thing is that “rule” doesn’t apply to anyone. It’s actually a myth and it’s crazy that a lot of police officers aren’t informed of this fact.
@@newhorizon1355are you listening to a different channel or something? They said that the police waited over a month to investigate and try to find her……….really what are you watching??? And they let this killer get away with a ton of creepy stuff and police reports wr filed and no follow-ups ….should I go on??
Glad this is getting coverage, I remember when this happened as I lived near the area and was so furious that it was not getting as much coverage as it should've. Makes us trust less and less these "police" who are supposed to protect the children and community...
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It's a good thing deputy doofy lost his firearm in the process of the crime. Who knows if they would have caught him without that key evidence.
If you want to help stop this horribleness, which you should because you don't want to be harmed or worse, you should concentrate on stopping the majority from harming innocent and helpless children and better understand what is harmful. You and at least most of the majority must also better understand or learn what an actual reasonable person and group is as well.
Absolutely dropped the ball
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This is a 1st 48 episode. Did nobody not tell u that? Little girl lost is what it is called Gwinnett county officer, she's a lady, was who happened to get assigned this case. I believe it's season 25. Maybe 24. I have it on my DVR but I'm too lazy to look up what season and episode. Your welcome sista. 1st 48 is an amazing show! My Tulsa boys are amazing! So are the mobile Boyz! If u don't watch it check it out.
This whole "teenagers run away" excuse needs to stop. Especially when the teen doesn't even have a history of doing that. Both of my teenagers are pretty much homebodies. They will go out with their friends, but they wanna be home at night. I would lose my Fn mind if the police brushed it off if one of my kids were gone.
This child was not your teenagers! It was clearly normal for her to be out that time of night, and alone, as long as she texted. I’m quite sure you wouldn’t have waited until the next morning to react, if you knew your child should have been home in no more than 30 minutes and didn’t make. They literally went to bed while she was walking in the streets alone at night, and that wasn’t a problem to them until she didn’t make it home the next morning.
@PatienceLove Wtf are you talking about? I'm talking about the police not taking it seriously. Nowhere did it say she had a history of running away and not contacting anyone, so the police shouldn't have brushed it off. My point is, the whole concept that it's immediately considered a runaway situation needs to stop.
As of 2003, on the federal level in the US, Suzanne's law, the police are required to put anyone under the age of 22 on the missing persons list and start looking for them. If you have a loved one who goes missing and is under the age of 22, remember Suzanne's law. Print up the information to show it to the police if you have to. They will try to talk you out of it, but be persistent.
Fr. Because even if they did run away from home. It should still be a concern of the persons well being. Crazy how some cops just use that as excuse to not work.
It's pure misogyny and laziness from the police there are thousands of girls and women from the 70s and 80s and 90s who the police deemed as "runaways" but are totally dead and victims of crime!
Can't believe it's still used as a potential excuse in this day and age
I don't understand the "they just ran away" excuse for not investigating.
Even if they DID run away, they still need to be found and brought back home.
Right, and She was a minor and never done anything like that before, so the fact they just didn't do anything is just insane to me.
It’s the magic eraser of police work. It’s how they have been saying “IDGAF” forever and getting away with it.
Agreed. Teens “run away” and end up being trafficked. The system needs to do better.
I find it curious in these comment sections when there's the group saying: "Cops should have investigated regardless of runaway or not" as she is still a young teen. Cops say shes old enough to runaway so, nah- we will wait a bunch of weeks to care. Then you have some here blaming the family for even letting her walk home at 10pm.
My thoughts are with the family!
Yeah, when I was a kid trying to run away, they wouldn't just let us get away with that. Police would be randomly stopping by my friends' houses and popular local hangouts looking for me. Runaways weren't top priority, but they had logs of missing teens/suspected runaways, and they would assign a team of (at least) two for every shift to follow leads and track down suspected runaways
Right from the beginning, the response of the police were very suspect. They need to be investigated and charged. Disgusting.
It's like they already knew it was one of their own that done it. Really sad they delayed 😞
It broke my heart watching this. I was kidnapped for hours when I was 5. Thankfully the monster dropped me home afterwards, not sure why, but glad he did. There was blood on my dress, but alive.@@GeminiGuidance88
Investigated by who, though? ...it was one of their own...
Probably some social engineering and scummy behavior from the officer accused. Can't really say the whole station was covering for a murderer. With that said if that was my daughter there would be one less police station in my town.@@GeminiGuidance88
@@SeekingGreetings The federal government?
This is insane. How this officer was never reprimanded from prior actions, is beyond disgusting. My condolences to the Morales Family. No one should have to experience such a tragedy.
The “Blue Wall of Silence” is deplorable.
We live In Lawrenceville ga. It’s a neighboring community. My daughter is the same age. I’m a very small adult. I’m 5 foot 110 pounds. I was out with my daughter on a Friday night coming home from picking her up from work in norcross. This same officer pulled us over. I didn’t get a ticket, but a verbal warning for a rolling stop. The guy was creepy. My daughter said she’s seen him many times in her work place, a retail establishment. This was in February. I’m so glad insistently demanded that I took her and picked her up from work always. When I heard about this I made my daughter quit her job. She’s in college now in Gwinnett. Her dad takes her to class, waits outside her classroom and brings her home. Unconventional I know but that’s my kid. I’m not taking any chances no matter how “inconvenient”
@ApplesandTrees You are doing the RIGHT thing, never mind what other people think or find "unconventional"! The SAFTEY and PROTECTION of your child is what's most important. I applaud you and her father in your efforts to keep her safe.
Be careful don’t give out specific towns and places
@@aubreypulido7306yup TMI too much information
It’s okay to share but please leave out the important details , there are so many other people online who are able to view what you just texted , please be careful
@@nathantaylor01 damn, dude. That sucks. Hope it didn't taint the place for you
"Dropped the Ball " They never touched the ball from the start ! Protect & Serve was not an immediate issue nor response .
It never is. Police in America are a joke.
@@PatienceLove are you just here to trash the family? Is that how miserable your life is, this is all you do with your time?
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@@PatienceLovearen't you running late for your Patriot Front meeting?
@@PatienceLoveevery disgusting comment you leave will be reported. You're not welcomed here.
I bet if it was any one of the police's daughter they'd use deadly force to get them back. What a group of hypocrites.
Exactly!!!
Well let’s be more blunt. If the young lady was wyt. There would have been helicopters and dogs out looking for her. Damn hypocrites
of course, I bet also. I'm sure they would be on the case hours after her disappearance.
@@chinadoll534 That's wacist.
@@chinadoll534 wacist
I'll never understand why running away is taken as a reason to not look for a child/ teen. They are still in an incredibly vulnerable position, even if they chose it.
Because most of the time kids run away, they literally come back not long after. Also, this teenager literally tried to pretend to be an adult, partying and acting in sexually inappropriate behavior for a kid...they probably assumed initially she was partying or staying at a boy toys house
@@ChristoffRevan literally everything you just listed is the exact reason why it would be so important to search for them immediately, the likelihood of harm befalling them would be even greater.
Additionally, I have to wonder about the accuracy of the “most runaways return” statistic. Is it still inclusive of data on cases several decades back or has it been modernised? Pre 2010 it was not standard for everyone to have a mobile phone, let alone a smartphone, so a lot of reported runaways from previous decades may have just been from parents who had panicked over their kid’s failure to communicate in advance where they were going, as they didn’t have the technology to just text their parents about any spontaneous changes of plans or reassurances they weren’t in any trouble. It’d be a lot more accurate to make the statistic on runaways using data exclusively from the years smartphone use became widespread.
But irrespective of that potential discrepancy, I still question how police reconcile using that runaway statistics as a justification to not search when they ALSO have access to the statistics (formulated using police data) of how rapidly the likelihood of finding a kidnapped person alive decreases to zero after only a few days? 🤨
Statistically, by the time the police wait a few days to rule out it being a wilful disappearance, the missing person will likely already be dead before the search even begins. So, surely that statistic should take precedent in their decision making, especially when the missing person is still a minor!
@@ChristoffRevanwhat is wrong with you.
I would think happens too often that the manpower and resources are taken away from the police department if they treat every case as a missing person.
@@ChristoffRevanI’ve never ran away from home as a teenager and most of all my friends I know didn’t either. This is not common at all. You wouldn’t be saying the same thing about your child.
She was under 18, an amber alert should have been sent immediately.
I hope they sue and win against the state.
EXACTLY...THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ALL LIVES REALLY SHOULD MATTER!
lack of laws that hold authorities ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT PROTECTING AND SERVING!
Please 🙏🏼 for young women the next generation for women is going to be interesting.. 😢
WE ALL INDIVIDUALLY NEED TO ASK WHY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT ADDRESSING THINGS LIKE THIS!
@@glowinthadark Im really shocked at how this was handled. Whats the point of the Police if they cant do their jobs right? We pay for their salary to protect us and they act like they are against the very people they are supposed to be protecting
Amen
@@DragonBellyTravels Not the state, but the county.
The police chief saying “we worked diligently on this case” sure made me laugh. They did all of zero of the work here.
The police don't take stalking seriously, which has been going on for years. So many people need to lose their jobs
The second amendment takes it seriously… clearly cops failed this community
lol cops don’t take any crime seriously if it’s committed by one of their own.
@seancoluccio2192 the second amendment doesn't fix this problem.
@@happyChappy96621 i agree that investigating themselves is a joke but outside of that regarding cases of stalking it is routinely not taken seriously.
Yep I was stalked by a male coworker for over 15 yrs as management and coworkers protected him, all because I refused to sleep with him. To this day I am always aware of my surroundings and actually panic if a pick up truck( which is what he drove) stays behind me for longer than I like. Apparently his wife left him and he lives above a bar now, still drunk everyday and still a loser. And yes I do carry now.
Dropped the ball? They didn’t even touch the f’ing ball. Disgusting!
It’s easier for them to sit and procrastinate and not have to do the paperwork 😢
I don't understand how some men believe they have the right to stalk, assault, and kill anyone's daughter, sister, friend. He looks like a disgusting creep from the pic alone.
The world is fallen. If you’re surprised at this behavior then you lack wisdom and understanding of where we are. Sin is in everyone, including you and me. Just some people do things that are more violent. But sin is in everyone, even if we don’t commit murder, we still have sin in our hearts. Women stalk and murder too. Jesus is the only way out of this fallen state.
@@christoffesedao3579Christ is not the only way to act like a human
*some people*….this case is terrible but women commit atrocities too. Misogyny isn’t okay but neither is misandry.
Those type of men do not THINK they have a right to stalk, assault, and kill. They don't think at all. They're just sick monsters
@@YourGraceMyLadyhumans are the only ones capable of such evil so I wouldn’t say Christ is not the only way to act like a human
The police knew this guy broke in walked around this woman's home, was trying her door all the time and they gave him a "talking to"? The police are culpable in this case. They failed miserably.
Many are and many DO! The corruption runs deeper than ever in my 45years!
the footage of him walking around that house is TERRIFYING
If only the police could be held accountable for failing to investigate timely.
@@PatienceLove not a very patient or loving thing to say. if you had paid attention, the cop had a history of this behavior. So he would’ve attacked anyone, as this was about opportunity. It’s the police departments fault for never investigating claims against him. He would’ve been fired/locked up way before this even happened
@@PatienceLove if it wasn’t her, it would’ve been another vulnerable woman. that very well could’ve been any of us, even you. Find more empathy and less victim blaming in your words, she was a child. Do better.
@@PatienceLoveSeen multiple comments of you trolling the section. You are clearly a cop boot licker. Must be related to a cop somehow cause they were definitely a failure in this. It has nothing to do with how the parents acted vs what their job as cops are. Good or bad parents, cops still should have investigated. But instead they covered for their own. And you're just a clown.
@@PatienceLove She was returning home at around 0930pm which is relatively early for a 16 year old ! You never went out when you were teen??? Blaming the parents or the victim is a nonsense and just shows that you are completely out of touch here.
Did police have a duty of care to the family or the public?
Reasonable accommodation issue?
The police wouldn't have waited 48 hours if their child was missing. Why wait for her?
Because she was Hispanic... POC get the least in resources
To be blunt. Had the child been wyt, it would have been dogs and helicopters out
@@chinadoll534exactly
@@chinadoll534well, perhaps it’s time for you to brush up on the endless amount of “wyt” missing teens who were given the same line of BS from the police as this young woman’s family. Maybe then you’ll stop perpetuating this nonsense that if you magically change their color, you’d have an instant reaction from lazy law enforcement
I feel like the police always are more worried about protecting others in the police force, who’s to say they weren’t well aware of what was going on where their fellow coworker. I bet you they were.
He should've never been a cop in the first place. Sue the police department for their lack of accountability and transparency. Coldolences to the loss of an innocent young teen 🙏
I’ve never met a normal one of his kind yet
Had to meet DEI standerds
@@TOCC50what do you mean by that, would you care to elaborate a bit?
@@ECReactions chocolates 🍫
@@TOCC50lol, then you don't get out much.
This poor baby. My heart goes out for her, and him using being a police officer, in the military as a cover for his sick predatory behavior. Thank you, Judge, for refusing to let him go. I pray that he never gets out to hurt anyone again.
absolutely unreal how they handled this case. i'm so infuriated. my heart breaks for her loved ones.
They didn’t look for her for a month?!??! She was a minor, that is crazy and there should be repercussions for the police department in this case. It’s absolutely horrific. Rest easy pretty girl 🤍🫶🏽
Because she was a working class Mexican girl
@@malcriadamedina5358she was somebody’s CHIIILD! don’t make excuses, how dare you.
@@AyyoShyGurlTvare you dense? The person was pointing out the reason why she wasn’t searched. The system doesn’t benefit poor immigrants or minorities. Read a book! Xox
@@myrab5350non minorities don’t get that kind of statement. I recognized instantly it was sarcasm not an excuse
@@AyyoShyGurlTvwelcome to the US! A.c.a.b
I'm so tired of living in such a low trust society. Our leaders cant even vet our police, firefighters, teachers, etc...how do we expect the kids to trust adult authority when the adults are toe tagging the kids like this?
YES! VERY great point! We honestly cannot tell our kids to just trust every official anymore, period. We have to add on yet ANOTHER conversation with our children about this whole topic 😩🥺🤯😭
We don’t live in a “low trust society” lmao, you cant expect utopia in a country of 300m+ people, it’d be irrational to do so. Until we replace police officers with robots this kind of thing is going to happen.
@@kentuckyleigh9623 what conversation could you have possibly have with your daughter to keep her from getting kidnapped and murdered by a someone who happened to be a officer???
Exactly.
@@Johnnleapdon’t trust the police. 🤷🏾♀️ I automatically assume ever cop could be potentially bad until they show me other wise. We don’t trust random strangers and most cops are random strangers.
If your daughter calls you from .9 miles away at 9:45 pm, you don’t start panicking the next morning. You start panicking at 10:15pm.
Exactly what I was thinking!
Speaking as a latch key kid. That's hyperbolic nonsense. Her daughter had probably walked that same path dozens of times before. And this attitude is why police stations pull this kind of stuff. Those stations are filled with people like you. People that love placing blame on the victim. And you'll do it shamelessly because your ability to empathize doesn't extend past your fingertips or whatever resembles you in the mirror. I bet if this was Suzie Smith with her daughter Kristie Smith you'd be singing a different tune right now.
I thought that was odd that the family only realised she hadn’t come home in the morning even though she told them that she was on her way home the night before
The police still wouldn’t have taken it seriously
Diligently 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤬
Thank you for bringing this story to light with such passion. The department needs to be held responsible. RIP sweet Susana
My mom never allowed me and my sister to walk anywhere after a certain time and she always picked us up no matter what time of the night we might get cussed out the entire time but she knew we were safe!
Not everybody is able to get picked up tho everybody situation is different . Don't do dat 🙄
@luckyclover716 what situation would hinder you from picking up your 16-year daughter at 10 pm?
If that was my daughter there would be one less police station in my neighborhood.
I don’t think you winning against the whole police force
@@PatienceLovewhat an ignorant comment. Blame the offenders who attack our children !
@@lifedeatherfire vs. station
@@PatienceLoveit was less than a mile
@@PatienceLove you obviously are a cop.... a weirdo cop just like buddy. how about take prior complaints of someone seriously, before they go and kill someone...
This is terrifying
Biggest gang in America bby girl
The police often let things slide for their own and it's disgusting.
It's not often. I mean it does happen, but it's definitely not often.
The amount of times a teenager goes missing in America and the police always use the excuse “they are a runaway” is astounding! They are the POLICE it’s their damn job! Why are they so lazy?!
I live in the area and remember the police stating as one of their excuses that they’re low on staff and don’t have enough officers to be looking into every crime 😡
The lack of support this family received from the police department absolutely caused a major lack of support, compassion, and empathy from the local community on social media. The comments about Susana and her family were disgusting to say the least
Thank you Law & Crime for talking about this!!! We’ve been talking about this for years
how BIPOC people never make headlines when we go missing.
They do, tho. Stop spreading misinformation.
That's absolutely not true.
What a beautiful girl…condolences to the family🕊
I live in Gwinnett and drive through Doraville to get to my office. They all dropped the ball. The cop should have been fired long before this and received criminal charges for breaking in. This wasn’t on the news until way after she went missing…. This really sad and I feel for Susana’s loved ones. This should have never happened.
There should’ve been an Amber Alert immediately issued. The way the police handled this case is absolutely horrendous. They should all be fired all the way up to the Chief.
There very specific criteria that must be met in order to issue an amber alert. Unfortunately, one can’t be issued each time a juvenile goes missing.
That isn’t to say this investigation was not botched. It absolutely was.
@@jondra1693 it appears she met the DOJ’s criteria to issue an Amber Alert except the police weren’t taking it seriously. Sad.
This would have only met 2 of the 5 requirements.
There has to be reasonable belief by law enforcement that an abduction has occurred, believing (by law enforcement, factual not emotional) that she was in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death AND enough descriptive information about the abduction for law enforcement to issue an AMBER Alert to assist.
There were a lot of mistakes from the beginning. Although I wish it was reported immediately, this could have been prevented all together had all of the other red flags and concerns been properly investigated.
@@jondra1693 She met all the requirements upon investigation into the department of police that failed this child. She literally met every single requirement, they were stalling and covering for their pure ev!l child murderer coworker.
she was a colored girl so who cares?
I got so confused that I clicked on Law and Crime and Annie started playing. Then I realized they are playing her video. I've never seen this done before, but glad that they're promoting her!! I've watched Annie for a long time, and is a great journalist.
I was confused too
I worked as a maintenance man for several apt complexes. When I would enter a residents apt for an ac call, it would sometimes feel fine "to me", but I would always take the residents word over my opinion due to the simple fact that I did not live there. They were acclimated to that temp, if it was higher than normal or out of the ordinary; they'd know about it more than I. The fact that police assumed she wasn't in immediate danger is alarming and should be seen as a extreme cause for concern.
Based on his behavior and escalation, there's no doubt in my mind that he would do this again and again if he hadn't been caught. This whole story is heartbreaking.
He’s definitely creepy
Definitely traits of a Serial killer….
this story really shook me. the negligence of law enforcement is just absolutely disgusting and it makes me so angry. hearing the mothers cries at the funeral just broke my heart to pieces. she will never ever be the same. ugh.
This is in 2022, the police sound like they are stuck in the 80's. Everybody now knows about the importance of the first 24hrs. I hope her family sues the police.
Yep. I was watching a video on Shannan Watts and they said there that this 24-48 waiting person is no longer a thing. So the police must have been lying.
Edit: she addresses this towards the end of the video.
The thing is, there’s literally thousands of missing persons cases and the vast majority of them are run away or someone just losing contact. If the police had a rapid response for every case then nothing would get solved
“Women with no common sense” made these comments…
How the F did they hire this monster as an army or as a police officer???? This is so scary!
“Teenagers run away” it’s frustrating hearing that, especially when it’s cops saying that, they don’t know the child, to just assume they ran away just because they’re a teenager is infuriating. I’ve read and heard about cases where the parents are adamant about the fact their child would never run away, yet they’re brushed off by the cops. Even if they did run away why not investigate further?
The police couldn't drop the ball b/c they NEVER even had it!!!! Absolutely infuriating! Bless this poor family.
Exactly
Hmm, very ignorant statement...
The police were pathetic in how they handled it.. terrible injustice they just ignored it and played it off…
Makes me sick when defence attorney's comfort their client's physically when they've been charged with such horrendous crimes 😞
They need to lick S to get the cheque!
Absolutely disgusting. I hope they're able to sue the cops. Insane
Sussana's case was covered on The First 48 and they omitted all this detail on how the police ignored her case for so long. A&E edited it so well that it seemed they worked immediately on the missing persons call. 😮
Interesting 🤨
This animal had clearly done this before in deployment, that’s why he thought he could get away with it
Vanessa guillen !!
I would look at suing the Gwinnett County police department because their lack of response initially was grossly negligent. A 16 year old girl who is so involved at school and with a routine doesn’t just “run away” after texting her parents that she’s on her way home. The police attitude toward her being missing was just incredibly ignorant and lazy. It’s really sad that kids can’t just walk to and from a friend’s house without being at risk of serious harm from some stranger. I’m so sorry for her family who loved her so much and had to endure the waiting and the ultimate tragedy of losing their beloved girl. 😭🙏🏼
they'll investigate themselves and find nothing wrong
Truth! Not just ANY stranger tho, but a LE OFFICER WHO IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AND SERVE! This is just sickening 😡
Even if they runaway they still should be looked for. A child is a child
Yep and The runaway girls are more endangered... End authorities claim they are not in danger how so...
This goes a lot deeper than we really know
Then the community should gather together to help look for her. Stop counting on the cops to go door to door or look in every bush for anybody. Honestly…why isn’t there some sort of team that’s put together to help look for the missing person instead of waiting for the cops.
Exactly maybe they’re with bad company 😢
Theres a lot of people who dont believe teenagers are kids.
What a creep
So proud to see Annie on here!! She’s a great true crime channel❤
I was searching for information on this case and I knew Annie would be the one to have it ❤
She was a beautiful and talented young girl. RIP Susana.
Literally everyone says that about their kid, I’m just not buying that every single human being ever is so talented and amazing
@@ChangedMan2.0... What a ignorant comment
@@ChangedMan2.0sad little man
Changedman
I live in Gwinnett County and remember when this happened. This is such a sad story. Prayers to Susana’s family 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Waiting til the next day is concerning.. I freak out if my kid isn’t home from school within 15 mins from the last bell 😭. And they need to change their 48 hr missing report policy. If they’re a minor, they need to be searched immediately.
I wouldn’t be able to breathe after a hour
Maybe the family was in denial about the seriousness of the situation and hoped she would come home in the morning. Not saying I’d personally react this way this is just an alternative sympathetic perspective.
@@Bailey-ww6ru The family agreed that Susana would not stay out without notifying her parents, which I assume would be, asking permission to stay overnight at a friend's house. Considering her mother received a text saying that Susana would be leaving to come home soon, there would be no reason for anyone to think that she was staying overnight at the friend's house or stopping somewhere else before coming home. So it seems silly to me to say that the parents didn't think it was a serious situation. If they didn't, they were FOOLS!
I know I was wondering why she wasn't reported around midnight maybe she accidentally fell asleep certain details we won't know that are not important curious as to why she let her walk home that late at night alone anyways?
We're living in the time of mass human trafficking of women everywhere all around the world it's like the suppression of women is at an all-time high on so many different levels . And the fact that multiple offenses happened to different people before anything ever got investigated is another form of suppression and neglect for young ladies 😢
Two many young woman are dead bc of that or them assuming they are runaways
I live where this took place and let me tell you the amount of LACK of support this family got not only from the community, but from the police department was OUTRAGEOUS. Her family, friends, & neighbors posted on social media very consistently on a day to day basis searching for her and I remember the disgusting comments on the Nextdoor app putting the blame on Susana and the family 😡
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I remember seeing this on the first 48 and was just disgusted. The lack of accountability within the police department is sickening.
They know darn well he should've BEEN fired and prosecuted! Susana would most likely still be alive. This is so freaking sad.
The fact that the police was not investigating right away lets us know that it was one of them who committed the crime.
Exactly
That's what I thought immediately. They knew.
A lot of unsolved crimes are this way.
whata ignorant comment 🤔🤦🏻♀️🤡🤡
JUSTICE for Susana.
Condolences to the family of Susana.
Very sad story; however, you did a great job sharing the story.. great journalism.
The guy who killed her is in jail, you don’t need to keep her face on a t shirt. That’s just gonna cause more pain for the people who knew her
took me about 3 weeks to watch this I miss Susana so much. She's never forgotten in my heart and the friends we shared or friends outside the circle still continue to mourn for her.
I am so sorry for your loss. She seemed like a beautiful girl, both inside and out. 💜
Update: June 12th - Miles was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping and false report of a crime and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
I'm from that part of Norcross and went to the same high school. I'm glad you're bringing more light to this. GPD really dropped the ball on this and another case that happened at the same time. There was another teenager named Rodrigo Floriano Mayen from the same school that was found dead in a shed from an overdose. One of my friends lives a few homes away from the house with that shed. Apparently, the family had tips that he was in that shed, but GPD took forever to actually check it. Another friend of mines younger sister who went to school with both teens thinks there's more to his story than just an overdose. RIP to both teens.
Sounds like discrimination 😢😢
Is there any update on what happened with that unfortunate loss that happened in the shed?
22 years old not sill in the military and already a police officer. That means he was discharged either honorably or not. I'd have to guess dishonorably. Clearly one of the people that should have been denied his job as an officer.
Soundsl iek you are projecxting since perhpas excpety for FLoriduh an TexAss a Disnonorasble or other than honorable means no P.O.S.T. Certification
He could have gotten an other than honorable, medically separated or honorable, along with dishonorable, but if he got dishonorable, he wouldn't have been hired by any PD in this country.
Just guessing about something doesn’t mean you know the facts…
He could have joined when he was 17 as well.
A child is a child NO MATTER what skin color. Law enforcement nationwide should immediately begin searching for them. No waiting should be in place. Absolutely Law enforcement dropped the ball. Maybe to protect one of their own but either way THEY FAILED the child and family.
No one child or not goes without our phones now days. We do everything by our phones.
Prayers for the family. RIP 💔
This has nothing to do with skin color!!!!
Had nothing to do with skin...she was a party girl that clearly tried to pretend she was an adult with her sexy, inappropriate clothing choices for a young teenager; so, it's not unreasonable that she could have been out partying, taking drugs, whatever
Yes but if she had looked like Gaby Petito the whole country would have known her name the week after. Don’t pretend that’s not the case.
@@Schrodingers_Kat have zero idea who that is, and I don't care to know...also, that's false anyway...crime happens, but media overblows it. You are a victim of media hyping things up, don't try to act like you're some psychologist and somehow know human behaviour
@@FireflyXOXO1
It does, and just because you want to believe it doesn’t, doesn’t change that.
Imagine 4 different women reporting this man .. and him still being a police officer.... How many more are like him????
Disgusting lack of acknowledgement to teenagers going missing. It should NEVER be considered normal for kids to not return home even if they tend to go out with friends or sneak out.
It isn't considered normal but it is common.
This world is messed up bad
She doesn't look 16 , she looks older than that.
@noname-px1hx What's that got to do with what the cop did to her?
Some people in this world are messed up bad. God's creation is beautiful.
Always has been. Statistically crime was at a huge decrease until riots from you know who
Not just the world. It’s the people that live on this world.
The cops didn't even pick the ball up, let alone drop it. RIP Susana, you've been found and brought back to your family and loved ones, baby girl. Sincere condolences to the Morales Family. God Bless you xox
The perpetrator and his department need to be named in the description. You are helping them hide from the algorithm if not.
Right I wish she would realize most of her videos help perps and not victims.
15:36 perp. 18:11 department.
Lol like tell me you didn't watch the video@@newhorizon1355
Chill, maybe watch the whole video. 😂 no common sense on the internet
They still should be named in the description
The fact is, that you cannot trust anyone that you personally do not know. Even cops.
The fact that he stalked more then one woman is crazy, why even let someone that crazy be out. Women can't even feel safe in their own home or walking home. Seeing those videos of him gave me the creeps, hope he never gets out because im sure he would do it again
Imagine what he did on tour when he was overseas without supervision
Probably had a dishonorable discharged that was covered up to save face
Young foreign girls are constantly being victimized by military forces in their area.
This is the first I’ve heard of this case, which I find shocking. This is a clear example of discrimination. We need a way for missing persons to be reported to the public without relying on police. Just because police didn’t care about Susana doesn’t mean the public wouldn’t. But we don’t hear about it. In this age of technology there has to be a solution.
This is also an example of police brotherhood. He could have been stopped before Susana was attacked. I’ll be watching the progress of their civil suit. The city needs to be held responsible for their despicable response and the devastating consequences. Susana’s life matters.
Well said
What discrimination exactly?
@leahblake6748 The obvious discrimination against my ppl going on for far too long.
@@RoseJ143 like what?
Anne, this one had so many red flags. It is appalling that neither one of the departments is being held accountable for dropping the ball. I'm heartbroken. This young lady lost her life. I hope that her family will seek just not just by her murderer being held accountable but also by the two departments. Keep up the great work you do by telling the stories of the lost. I appreciate you ❤
This is absolutely horrible. Poor baby girl. My heart hurts for her family. Praying for justice for Susana!
it should be a "Better safe than sorry" policy not a "teenagers run away" policy
I forgot about this case, so saddening I lived in Doraville and Norcross for 2.5 years and for people that don’t know they are communities about 15 minutes above metro Atlanta, mostly Hispanic and African communities. Teens would wonder down busy streets all the time over there to catch the bus to the Doraville train station to go to midtown I’m pretty sure that’s changed now. I wish I could hurt this monster that hurt Susana! It is sickening because my cousins, nephew and niece still stay in North Atlanta.
Did they sue the department?
THIS NEGLIGENCE IS UNFORGIVABLE.
Much appreciation for giving space to the mothers that have been horrifically ignored.
I was watching another Law&Crime episode, and a very interesting point was made that the "48 hr" missing rule is antequated and was based on how long it would take on average for a runaway to get in contact with someone after getting to their destination and find a phone. This rule was before cell phones, and had cell phones been around then, there would not be a 48 hr rule, and that they would just go by whether or not the family believes the person is missing. If you're ever in this position, tell the police this, and that you will sue them for negligence and using an antiquated rule.
It doesn’t matter if minors runaway or not, they need to be reported to the public either way, they are MINORS!
EXACTLY 😮!😢
I would encourage your viewers to also watch The First 48 episode on this case. It gives a more credible first-hand account of the police involvement, especially the work of Detective Carter, who worked hand in hand with the family, and shared feelings of disgust towards the officer found responsible.
The First 48 or 48 Hours? Thanks for letting us know where to learn more.
I can't find it
@@andreabosley1669I think you have to Google The first 48 The Susana Morales Case.The other 48 is called: 48 hrs CBS
@@itsjuliannajoit’s The First 48. It’s a really recent one, Season 24, episode 20. “Little Girl Lost.” It really shows all the steps taken by the detectives, & they seem to have done everything they could in Gwinnett county, where she was reported missing. However, the other state(county maybe?) where the guy/murderer worked as a police officer- THAT was the agency that really dropped the ball!! They were the department where he was 1st reported as being a stalker! Caught on surveillance & all that s**t. Gwinnett County was the PD who solved Susannah‘s disappearance/murder. They tracked down the evidence, found that surveillance from the other PD (which was never investigated by his own agency btw). Gwinnett Co did a great job - - it was the OTHER agency, where the officer worked that did a TERRIBLE job, NEVER looked into the claims of stalking, even though they had the video evidence, & they were pretty much unwilling to share it with Gwinnett CO until they pushed for it.
Anyway - - that’s the episode. It’s the last episode of season 24. It’s on Hulu. Please watch! It makes a huge difference in perception of this case.
@@andreabosley1669the 1st 48. Not 48 hours. The 1st 48. On A&E. Little girl lost is the episode. Watched it multiple times.
he's disgusting and those police departments should be ashamed
Stalking is a HUGE red flag. Police...nahh you're hired.
I love how AFTER they charge him with kidnapping & murder they have the audacity to claim as soon as they were informed she was missing, they immediately started investigating every lead….
In reality they did everything in their power to insure Susanna would never be found alive. That family needs to sue that PD. Negligence is just as illegal.
The police failed 💯. They should have followed up, knowing there was a previous complaint of the guy walking into an apartment. How did the police not already have this guy as a suspect? Nope they failed this young girl.
The protect the blue is real. This dude is a cop and a veteran. He failed on all accounts. Not all cops are good and neither are all veterans any good. As in this case some are the devil in sheep clothing. Prayers and justice for the family.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🧑🏽⚖🧑🏽⚖
This poor family should sue the Police Department who ignored them and resulted in her tragic death. It is disgraceful that they showed no interest in her disappearance despite the family reporting her when she didn't come home when she was expected to. Even this rubbish of waiting for 48 hours is absolutely unacceptable.
Even if they wouldve done their job and immediately investigated and looked for her, she wouldve probably still not been found alive. She more than likely was murdered that same night... unfortunately. Prayers for her family, I cant imagine what her mother is going through. 😔
On a separate note
May this BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL REST IN PEACE.
This is normally why people don’t allow their children to walk alone, especially at night
This happen so close to home literally less than a mile from me and it SUCKS hearing about this case cause when I’m telling you the whole community was putting in way more work than the police force did. The community did!! Rip to susana and prayers sent to her family and friends.❤
Yes, I agree it's 😬. Just the thought that it happened less than a mile from you. Almost at your door step 😲😔.
Question I thought the 48 hours rule only applied to adults ?!?!?
The crazy thing is that “rule” doesn’t apply to anyone. It’s actually a myth and it’s crazy that a lot of police officers aren’t informed of this fact.
Had the police charged him earlier he would not have been a cop to do this.
so glad they found who did it - I can't even begin to imagine the emotions that family went through. That poor mother, those sisters
*"Protect and Serve." More like "Protect your fellow Officer and Serve Yourself!"*
Complacent police work is criminal.
At what point were they complacent, please tell?
@@newhorizon1355are you listening to a different channel or something? They said that the police waited over a month to investigate and try to find her……….really what are you watching??? And they let this killer get away with a ton of creepy stuff and police reports wr filed and no follow-ups ….should I go on??
What a beautiful girl so sad. I am glad they have that perv in custody and police need to take these calls seriously!!
Glad this is getting coverage, I remember when this happened as I lived near the area and was so furious that it was not getting as much coverage as it should've. Makes us trust less and less these "police" who are supposed to protect the children and community...
We also need to be aware of who is responsible for these heinous crimes.
The surveillance videos make my blood run cold 😱