| Every day in America, over 2,000 children are | | | | daylight, while a child is on their way home. Child |
| reported missing. If you have a child: There is a 1 in | | | | abduction is the equivalent of a nuclear blast to a |
| 100 chance your child will become missing this year. | | | | family. In many ways, having a child abducted and |
| Nearly 1 of 8 children are molested by the time they | | | | not ever knowing his or her true fate, like the Etan |
| turn 18. | | | | Patz case, is worse than the child's actual death. Child |
| Child abductions occur so frequently when a child is | | | | abduction is a serious and traumatic crime. While |
| on their way from school. So it is very important that | | | | everyone has become aware of frightening |
| the child abduction prevention safety studies that a | | | | "stranger kidnappings," abductions are |
| parent and child pursue makes mention of that. Child | | | | most often carried out by people who know the |
| abductions have been known to happen in broad | | | | child. |