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  2. Missing children panic - Wikipedia

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    Although child abduction cases have been registered for centuries in United States history, reports about children being abducted by strangers rarely reached national attention before the 1980s. [ 6 ] [ 2 ] Following the abduction of Etan Patz on his way to school in 1979, and subsequently the kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh in 1981, public ...

  3. Kidnapping in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of child abduction cases in the United States are parental kidnapping, where one parent hides, takes or holds a child without the knowledge or consent of another parent or guardian. [3] Depending on the state and the legal status of the family members, this might not be a criminal offense.

  4. Child abduction - Wikipedia

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    The term child abduction includes two legal and social categories which differ by their perpetrating contexts: abduction by members of the child's family or abduction by strangers: Parental child abduction is the unauthorized custody of a child by a family relative (usually one or both parents) without parental agreement and contrary to family ...

  5. High-profile child kidnappings and abductions have sparked ...

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    More than 797,000 children are reported missing each year according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The pictures and information revealed in child kidnapping and abduction cases often stick in ...

  6. International child abduction in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The US State department publishes yearly reports are known as the Hague Abduction Convention Compliance Reports (or: Compliance Reports) in which statistics are presented on child abduction. The publication is a requirement by the US Congress and treats both compliance with the convention by member states and information on child abduction ...

  7. The Karen Who Cried Kidnapping - AOL

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    “All these things served to establish a stranger-danger logic that children are particularly vulnerable to abduction by strangers at a given moment because of historical circumstances,” says ...

  8. Texas Mom Warns Other Parents After Her Children's Alleged ...

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    The Child's Pregnant Babysitter Saved Him According to GMA , at this time, authorities do not believe the two incidents are related. ABC News’ Eva Pilgrim also shared advice for parents on how ...

  9. Stranger danger - Wikipedia

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    However, statistics by government and police bodies have shown that "stranger danger" abductions of children are extremely rare, and murders in these circumstances rarer still, and that the overwhelming majority of cases of child abuse and murder were committed by someone who was known to the child. [citation needed]