Rep. Shelia Stubbs Observes One-Year Anniversary of Lasheky Hill’s Disappearance
MADISON, WI- One year after Lasheky Hill was reported missing from Racine, Wisconsin, Representative Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) released the following statement:
“My heart goes out to the family of Lasheky Hill, who went missing from Racine, Wisconsin a year ago today. It was the day before her 46th birthday. Despite national attention for her case through Dateline, she has still not been found. Lasheky is a daughter, a mother, and a grandmother, and she is deeply missed.
This afternoon I was able to speak on the phone with Ms. Hill and extend my prayers for her and her family. No mother should have to endure this nightmare, and my thoughts are with Ms. Hill on this difficult day. Tomorrow, on Lasheky Hill’s 47th birthday, Ms. Hill will hold a vigil in Racine in memory of her missing daughter. We will not stop our search and our efforts to get answers.
On January 17, 2024, Ms. Georgia Hill, Lasheky Hill’s mother, testified before the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety in support of Assembly Bill 615, which would create a task force on missing and murdered African American women and girls in the Department of Justice. On March 7, 2024 Ms. Hill also testified by phone before the Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families in support of Assembly Bill 615’s Senate companion, Senate Bill 568.
In her testimony, Ms. Hill spoke to the difficulties and heartbreak of reporting a loved one missing and emphasized the need for a closer look at how we handle missing persons cases in Wisconsin, particularly those involving people from the most vulnerable populations in our state.
As of 2020, 90,333 Black women were reported missing in the United States and 5 Black women were murdered every day. That year, Wisconsin had the highest rate of Black female homicide victimization in the nation at 20.2/100,000, a rate which had doubled from the previous year’s rate of 10.1/100,000. We must take bold and immediate action to address these horrific disparities in order to bring closure to cases like Lasheky Hill’s.
I will continue to fight for justice for victims and their families, especially those whose voices have been under-represented in our state. The need for a Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls Task Force is more apparent today than ever before, and I intend to introduce this legislation again next session so that we can begin the work necessary to protect our sisters, daughters, and neighbors and give victim families and law enforcement the support they need.
It has been a year since Lasheky Hill’s children have seen their mother. If you know any information that could help law enforcement in their investigation of her case, please contact Detective Andrew Simon at (262) 635-7770 or the Racine County non-emergency line at (262) 886-2300.”
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.
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