ST. LOUIS - Maurreusa Wallace keeps a collage of photographs of her daughter in plain view.

She said Dornae Hayes, 15, was missing for two weeks before she was murdered in May of 2024.

“They took my baby,” Wallace said.

Wallace holds out hope that an arrest will be made. She is also pleased that a new state law established the Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls Task Force.

State Senator Angela Mosley, D-Florissant, pushed for the legislation. Mosley said the missing and murder rates for African American women and girls are disproportionately higher than other demographics and believes their cases often fail to garner the attention other cases receive.

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