Commentary There are hundreds of thousands of people reported missing in the United States each year. Last year there were more than 540,000 reports filed with police. Sounds like a lot, but probably due to our COVID-19 isolation that was a record low number. Some of the missing were kidnaped; others were quickly found or voluntarily returned home; and there were those who simply wanted to disappear. Almost half of the missing are minorities, and most are under the age of 21. So, what is it about the missing person case of Gabby Petito, a white 22-year-old New Yorker who moved to Florida, that has so captured the nation’s attention? May I be blunt? We became fascinated because, as the old saying among crusty reporters goes, “The news is what we say it is.” And the media saturated the airwaves, internet, and television with the story because Gabby Petito was …