Missouri Missing Announces June 17th as Official "Missing & Unidentified Persons Awareness Day"

TODD MATTHEWS (Missing Pieces Host): I'm Todd Matthews. This is Missing Pieces and tonight we have a friend of mine, Ra'vae Edwards, Public Information and Investigations Advocate for 'Missouri Missing,' and she's also a reporter in Missouri. Welcome, Ra'vae.

RA'VAE EDWARDS: (Guest): Thank you, Todd.

TODD: I think I actually got to know you more so as a reporter.

RA'VAE: Yeah.

TODD: I actually interviewed one of your friends, Marianne Asher-Chapman...

RA'VAE: Right.

TODD: ...regarding her daughter Angie Yarnell (Featured in Episode 63). She talked about a reporter that was very special to her and I wanted to talk to you. And a lot of things have happened since we had some of those first conversations and interviews with Marianne. 'Missouri Missing' now exists.

RA'VAE: Right.

TODD: And it is a non-profit organization dedicated to...give it to me in your words.

RA'VAE: Basically, we're dedicated mainly towards missing adult cases in Missouri.

TODD: And I'm honored because they did ask me to be on the board of directors with them in an advisory-type role, but I'm not in Missouri, obviously, I'm in Tennessee, and I hope I can always provide something for them. I don't know if I can or not but I'm trying and hopefully...they're such good friends, they're such good people and I know they're trying to get a lot of stuff done. Tell me about, you know, when 'Missouri Missing' was forming, how hard was that?

RA'VAE: Well, you know really, it wasn't hard at all, Todd. Everything just seemed to fall into place like it was just meant to happen, and it's just been...it's been really easy, it's been...everything is flowing smoothly and things are getting accomplished at a rapid rate and it's just...it's amazing. It's just amazing.

TODD: Now how do you balance the role? Because you're in the same boat that I'm in a lot of times; you're also in media, but you're also a family advocate.