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That's what finally got me to start ignoring them—seeing that practically every one was a child "kidnapped" by their parent. Kidnapping by strangers is much mor
by __david__ 10y ago
That's what finally got me to start ignoring them—seeing that practically every one was a child "kidnapped" by their parent. Kidnapping by strangers is much more rare, and conflating the two (the way amber alerts do) is a mistake.
- grkvlt 10y agoAlthough, it is statistically much more likely for a child to be killed by a parent or relative than by a stranger... In fact 60-80% of UK murders of under-16s are cases where the victim knew the killer. [1] [1] http://straightstatistics.fullfact.org/article/how-many-children-are-murdered-britain-every-year http://straightstatistics.fullfact.org/article/how-many-chil...
- Dylan16807 10y agoThat doesn't require kidnapping, though. I don't know if it correlates at all.