On the evening of 18 March 1999, Alan Artale, stepfather to Leanne Marie Hausberg, a 14-year-old biracial Native American girl, did what every American is told to do when their child goes missing. He immediately reported Leanne’s disappearance to the New York City police department.
But 26 years later, speaking at the family’s neighbourhood park in Brooklyn, New York, he says their response at the time “felt dismissive”.
