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  2. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - Wikipedia

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    Alicia Kozakiewicz at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia (2015). The Center was founded in 1984, spurred by notable abductions such as the 1981 abduction and murder of six-year-old Adam Walsh from a shopping mall in Hollywood, Florida, and the 1979 abduction of six-year-old Etan Patz from New York City.

  3. National Missing and Unidentified Persons System - Wikipedia

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    The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) is a national clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases throughout the United States. NamUs is funded and administered by the National Institute of Justice through a cooperative agreement with the University of North Texas Health Science ...

  4. National Child Search Assistance Act - Wikipedia

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    The National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 (NCSA) [1] (42 U.S.C. 5779 (Reporting Requirement) and 42 U.S.C. 5780 (State Requirements): The NCSA requires local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to immediately enter information about abducted children into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database without requiring a waiting period.

  5. Va. firefighter called out sick before going missing - AOL

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    Authorities are still encouraging anyone with information about Nicole or her whereabouts contact the Virginia State Police at 703-803-0026 or #77 on a cell or 911 or by email at questions@vsp ...

  6. Child Welfare Information Gateway - Wikipedia

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    It was established in 2006 to replace the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. [2] [3] The Child Welfare Information Gateway covers child-welfare topics, including family-centered practice, child abuse and neglect, abuse and neglect prevention, child protection ...

  7. National Crime Information Center - Wikipedia

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    The NCIC database includes 21 files: 14 person files and seven property files. [6] Person files: [6] Missing Person File: Records on people—including children—who have been reported missing to law enforcement and there is a reasonable concern for their safety.

  8. Missing children panic - Wikipedia

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    Amid the event, a nationwide campaign against child abduction in the United States led to U.S. president Ronald Reagan signing the Missing Children Act (1982) and the Missing Children's Assistance Act (1984), that founded the national system for recording missing persons in 1982 and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in 1984 ...

  9. ADAM Program - Wikipedia

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    In one instance, posters featuring a 16-year-old child who had gone missing were distributed through the ADAM Program. The very next day, NCMEC's 24-hour hotline (1-800-843-5678) received a call from a poster recipient who had seen the missing child at their place of business. Local law enforcement was notified and the child was safely recovered.