Did You Know…..United States Missing Child Statistics
- A child goes missing every 40 seconds in the U.S., and over 2,100 times per day??
- 90% are juveniles
- 50% are 4-11 years old
- Strangers commit 53% of child abductions that end tragically.
- Kidnapping statistics in America also show that it generally takes a parent 2-4 hours to provide complete information [recent photos and general information about their child] to law enforcement agencies.
- Another 500,000 go missing without ever being reported!
Statistics provided by: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrown away Children, October 2002
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