Stephen King has never seen a missing Black woman get the coverage Gabby Petito got

Best-selling author Stephen King agreed with fellow writer Don Winslow, who claimed news coverage given to missing Long Island native Gabby Petito over the past week was unlike the focus typically put on women of color who disappear.

“I am 67 years old,” said Winslow, a New York native is credited for penning novels including “The Dawn Patrol” and “Savages.”

“I have never seen a young Black woman’s disappearance covered like the #gabbypetitio disappearance,” he wrote Sunday. “Not once. That is horribly wrong.”

Petito, a 22-year-old white woman who documented her travels on social media, went on a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend Brian Landrie in July. He returned to his Florida home alone on Sept. 1. Petito’s body was found in a Wyoming national park Sunday. Landrie has since vanished.

King, whose horror masterpieces include “The Shining” and “The Dead Zone,” concurred with Winslow’s observation.

In this May 22, 2018, file photo, PEN literary service award recipient Stephen King attends the 2018 PEN Literary Gala in New York. (Evan Agostini/)

“Absolutely correct,” King replied Monday.

Winslow’s Twitter feed lit up with photos of missing women of color and spirited conversations about scores of Native American women who have disappeared. He retweeted those messages, further illustrating his point. Winslow, who tweeted his message Sunday, followed-up by saying anyone who believes his comments came too soon after Petito’s tragic death misses the point.

“Some people said this wasn’t the right time to say this,” he added. “Bulls--t. It’s past time.”

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The Grio cited reports in May stating that 64,000 Black women are missing in the U.S. The Black and Missing Foundation on Tuesday claimed that 40% of missing persons are people of color, which they say isn’t reflected in media coverage.

Activist and writer Shaun King wrote about the lack of focus on missing Black girls and women for the Daily News in 2017. Among the cases he mentioned was that of Relisha Rudd, who disappeared from a Washington D.C. homeless shelter in 2014. He had only then heard her name for the first time.

“I study and obsess over injustice and inequity for a living and haven’t heard anyone talking about Relisha,” King wrote.

Shortly after her disappearance, Rudd was believed to have been seen on camera with a janitor from the shelter in a D.C. hotel. That 51-year-old man later killed himself. Rudd remains missing. No one has been charged in her disappearance.