it is very unsympathetic to us this man timothy haslett, jr. is a wiser premises.once again, just to go back to what justice said, this conversation i think is much larger than this specific situation, this horrific situation. i think it is very unfortunate -- this is what i have been telling a lot of people -- truly unfortunate requires such a horrific tragedy to take place in order -- and for us to have to expose how the police department operates, how the police operate. i do want to reiterate as well even now after it was clear the white media outlets help silenced the black community in this case, even as recently as just yesterday evening and today , the white news outlets in our city continue to print exactly and parroting exactly what the police are saying. it looks like already they have not learned anything at all from the situation was that they continue to believe the police over the community and continue to silence the community. i think once again, the practices for a lot of these white owned news outlets. we want to continue to uplift the conversati

timothy haslett jr. is behind bars facing rape, kidnapping, and assault charges.e was able to get away from him when he left the house to take his child to school. the woman also told police there were other women, according to her words, other women, but so far police have found no evidence of that. her amazing escape comes weeks after community leaders say they warned authorities of a predator targeting black women in the kansas city area. joining me right now is jerica wilson, the co-founder and ceo of black and missing foundation, incorporated, and is a former law enforcement officer. so good to see you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> what do you think about these allegations? >> what i think is that law enforcement failed this community. the community was in an outcry asking for assistance and what allegedly was someone abducting, you know, black women and girls in the missouri area. and it really fell on deaf ears. the fact that it was unfounded, you know, it raised more questions because what type of investigation was conducted so even determine tha

he appeared in court today his name timothy haslett jr.rged him with rape, kidnap, and assault. the judge entered a not guilty plea for him investigators say they're looking into whether this man harmed anyone else local coverage now from our nbc affiliate kshb in kansas city, missouri, and their reporter sarah plate. she spoke with a neighbor who found the victim just moments after she escaped that basement of horror. >> reporter: it was just a whisper, lisa johnson says >> she didn't have much of a voice. so it was more like a light "help me" than anything. >> reporter: a young woman almost crawling up lisa's steps. lisa says the woman weak and bruised up said she was being held captive by a man up the street that man is tim haslett, who is now in custody. as lisa went to grab the phone to call 911, the young woman started running next door. >> frightened her. she told me if i called the cops he would kill us both. >> reporter: this was at 7:45 in the morning when ciara that were's mother was also home next door to lisa. >> she heard a w

the suspect has been identified as timothy haslett jr., a 39 year old white man.ces charges of kidnaping, rape, and assault. all of this follows concerns raised in september by black residents in kansas city that a serial killer was targeting black women. police back then dismissed those claims, saying in a statement, "this claim is completely unfounded. there is no basis to support this rumor." joining me for more on all of this is natalie wilson, the cofounder and coo of black and missing foundation. natalie, thank you for joining us. natalie: thank you for having me. amna: your organization looks to support missing black people. when you looked to the initial police response, what did you think? natalie: when we first heard about the story, we were angry but not surprised. we had already seen something like this before, that cases of color for missing people are not taken seriously. and sadly, we believe that race and income level and zip code are often barriers to law enforcement resources. our women and girls, they are not seen as victims and we were not surp