So I did a quick search because that number seemed absurd, even for a developing country like the US, and it’s in the right ballpark, but according to the sources “most are found and returned to safety”. Most are runaways (92%), and about a third of the remaining 8% are abductions by strangers (would work out to about 13000), and that is disturbing, if true.
That point does make the figure a bit more plausible and logical in a sense. The problem is interpretation since majority of cases are fortunately short-time and quickly resolved.
So I did a quick search because that number seemed absurd, even for a developing country like the US, and it’s in the right ballpark, but according to the sources “most are found and returned to safety”. Most are runaways (92%), and about a third of the remaining 8% are abductions by strangers (would work out to about 13000), and that is disturbing, if true.
What about abductions by their parents? It’s the one I was warned the most about in my 15 years of working with children
Of the 8% that aren’t runaways, it’s about 2/3 of that. Or 6% of missing kids are abducted by a non-custodial parent.
That point does make the figure a bit more plausible and logical in a sense. The problem is interpretation since majority of cases are fortunately short-time and quickly resolved.
Could have gone with “13,000 unsolved missing child reports” and been more effective, because the number would have been credible