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  2. Child abduction - Wikipedia

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    Child abduction or child theft is the unauthorized removal of a minor (a child under the age of legal adulthood) from the custody of the child's natural parents or legally appointed guardians. The term child abduction includes two legal and social categories which differ by their perpetrating contexts: abduction by members of the child's family ...

  3. Kidnapping in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Kidnapping of a person can be punished by imprisonment up to life. If kidnapping resulted in the death of a person, it can be punished by execution or life imprisonment. [9] Kidnapping someone who is 17 or under is considered child abduction since the United States legally defines a child as someone 17 or under.

  4. Kidnapping - Wikipedia

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    Kidnapping or abduction is the unlawful abduction and confinement of a person against their will, and is a crime in many jurisdictions. Kidnapping may be accomplished by use of force or fear , or a victim may be enticed into confinement by fraud or deception.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act - Wikipedia

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    The party seeking the abduction prevention measures must file a petition with the court specifying the risk factors for abduction as well as other biographical information including the name, age and gender of the child, the current address of the child and the person against whom the measures are sought, a statement regarding any prior actions ...

  7. “Adults Can Be So Cruel”: Missing 3YO Found Five ... - AOL

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    An estimated 203,900 children were victims of a family abduction in 1999. A family abduction occurs when a family member takes or keeps a child in violation of the custodial parent’s or legal ...

  8. Interference With Child Custody or Kidnapping? High Court ...

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  9. “900 Days Without Anabel”: The Shocking True Story ... - AOL

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    Anabel Segura's 1993 kidnapping case was the center of a yearslong investigation, ... Her abduction held Spain in suspense for 900 days before her body was found in September 1995.