That missing kid statistic seems weird to me. Like… what happens to these kids? Are they returned a few days later and then reported missing again? How can this number be so high?
It’s extremely misleading. It’s every time parents call the cops because they can’t find their kid. Many are resolved within hours. Almost all are resolved peacefully. If your kid is a habitual runaway each time you report they didn’t go to school or come home counts as one. After kids being assholes the number 2 cause is non-custodial parents.
About 1 in 10,000 aren’t found or found alive. So 50 or 60 kids out of 84M that are under 18 at any given time are grabbed by predators or die whilst running away (hint OD)
Non-runaway, non-familial custodial disputes leave about 20k very ugly children disappearances each year… I looked it up. Of course even 20k is revolting.
If I remember correctly it’s mostly kids that runaway get reported as missing and then are found within a day. Or it’s when one parent kidnaps the child. Basically custody battle stuff.
A small number is actual kidnapping by strangers or trafficking.
1 in 10,000 aren’t found or found alive. The big number makes it sound like child sex traffickers are everywhere taking children to be sex slaves in places with lots of brown people
That missing kid statistic seems weird to me. Like… what happens to these kids? Are they returned a few days later and then reported missing again? How can this number be so high?
It’s extremely misleading. It’s every time parents call the cops because they can’t find their kid. Many are resolved within hours. Almost all are resolved peacefully. If your kid is a habitual runaway each time you report they didn’t go to school or come home counts as one. After kids being assholes the number 2 cause is non-custodial parents.
About 1 in 10,000 aren’t found or found alive. So 50 or 60 kids out of 84M that are under 18 at any given time are grabbed by predators or die whilst running away (hint OD)
Half a million kids go missing?
Yes but it’s always the same kid. He is very disturbed.
this is fairly accurate
Non-runaway, non-familial custodial disputes leave about 20k very ugly children disappearances each year… I looked it up. Of course even 20k is revolting.
If I remember correctly it’s mostly kids that runaway get reported as missing and then are found within a day. Or it’s when one parent kidnaps the child. Basically custody battle stuff.
A small number is actual kidnapping by strangers or trafficking.
1 in 10,000 aren’t found or found alive. The big number makes it sound like child sex traffickers are everywhere taking children to be sex slaves in places with lots of brown people
Its seems weird because its probably made up, its the common rule of the internet - not everything is true.Edit: The lower bound is actually true for the USA, see other comments for explanation.