Interested facts about missing children

The Facts About Missing Children

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The Facts

    A child goes missing in the United States every 40 seconds.
    The first 3 hours are the most crucial for the safe return of a child.
    It can take more than 2 hours to gather information from a panicked parent.

The Real Missing

    More than 700,000 children go missing annually.
    250,000 are classified as Runaways
    150,000 are classified as “Throw-away/Abandoned”
    300,000 are classified as Missing / Abducted
    58,000 are taken by non-family members