Has the topic of child abuse and murder gone cold?

As I flipped through the channels the other day, my attention fell on CBS news, as I saw that another toddler has been harmed, and my heart fell into the pit of my stomach. Aveion Lewis, a beautiful little 2 yr. old is apparently missing, and the cops know that he is dead, although the cops have not been able to find his body. For those of you that haven't heard, here's the rundown.

Brandon Lockett, from the Roanoke area of Virginia, called the cops last Thursday and stated that his step son, Aveion Lewis, had been kidnapped from his home. He stated that three unknown intruders beat him, took Aveion, tied his sister up, and then left a note asking for $10000. He even went on the news pleading for his step son back, with both eyes blackened.

Now he is admitting that his step son was already dead for some time before he contacted authorities, and that he made up the kidnapping story. The cops still have not found Aveion's body, however Lockett has been charged with improper disposal of a human body, child neglect, and obstruction of justice. The mother has been questioned, but not charged with anything. There is however lots of proof, including burns on both legs, that this child was abused in the home.

This angers me for so many different reason, but my main concern is the media. Why is it that the media shed so much light on the Shaniya Davis story, bringing lots of attention to this child abuse matter, but now that it is happening again, there is not nearly as much media coverage? I understand that there are other serious matters such as the Haiti earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands of people, but at the same time, this child abuse and murdering that is continuing to go on in our country needs to be emphasized as much as possible. Why do things like this become trending news topics: one minute it's all they talk about on the news, and the next minute, its a passing story between the obese woman that crushed her boyfriend, and dog twitter pages. We have got to do better at bringing issues like this to light. There are too many children being hurt and killed to not discuss this a lot more than the media does. What if these children were your children, or family members? RIP Aveion Lewis