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I have no idea whether non-custodial parents are primarily to blame -- these stats cited by ABC News just say family members or parents. "203,900 kids were abd
by neilk 17y ago
I have no idea whether non-custodial parents are primarily to blame -- these stats cited by ABC News just say family members or parents.
"203,900 kids were abducted in 1999 by family members or parents. Approximately, 58,200 were 'non-family' abductions — only 115 were defined as the frightening kidnappings by strangers." -- http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91365&page=1 http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91365&page=1
Unless almost all of the family cases are non-custodial parents, your claim of hundreds of thousands seems a bit exaggerated. Some of these must be custodial parents, uncles, grandparents, siblings, and so on.
I think 'non-family' means acquaintances, minus the 115 cases of abduction by a stranger.
- tc 17y agoOne non-profit that works in this space estimates that 78% of the "family member or parent" abductions are due to a non-custodial parent. That would put the total around 159k, which puts the parent poster in the right order of magnitude. http://childfindofamerica.org/Information.htm http://childfindofamerica.org/Information.htm