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From: alonso@princeton.UUCP (Rafael Alonso)
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Subject: Re: Missing Children
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 14:41:13 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 16 14:41:13 1985
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> From: Emil Rainero  
> Does anyone have any figures on the number of missing children each year?

From U.S. News and World Report (8/19/85):
Statistics are aproximate.

Missing children: 1.1 - 1.5 million per year
Runaways (between 13 and 19 years old): ~90% of all missing children
Runaways returning home voluntarily within a week: 70%
Kidnapped by noncustodial parent: 100,000 per year
Kidnapped by nonfamily members: 4,000 - 7,000 per year
Kidnapped by total strangers: ~1,000 per year
Long term missing:	200,000

Other points made in the article:
- Children abducted by strangers are seldom recovered alive after 48 hours.
- Trailways will give free tickets to returning runaways.
- Many of the children abducted by a parent are abused by that parent.