Amen to that last comment, M.Ted. In Philadelphia, they just found the body of a very attractive woman (wife and mother, very vibrant-looking from the candid photos) who had been missing since May and for whom a diligent search had been conducted. Her husband, apparently, had killed her, wrapped the body in plastic and duct tape, and entombed her behind a concrete wall in the basement of a rowhouse where he had been doing some contracting work. The husband has since died from a heroin overdose. The kids are in the custody of the husband's sister, who incidentally had contracted the work on the house.

The victim's brother worked relentlessly to have this woman found, alive or dead. Still, had she been ugly, I don't think her disappearance would have gotten as much press coverage as it did over the last 3 months.