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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well here are some other articles.

In 2001, 840,279 people (adults and children) were reported missing to the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC).[b] The FBI estimates that 85 to 90 percent of those (roughly 750,000 people or 2,000 per day) reported missing were children.[/b] The vast majority of these cases are resolved within hours.

In 80 percent of abductions by strangers, the first contact between the child and the abductor occurs within a quarter mile of the child's home.

Most potential abductors grab their victims on the street or try to lure them into their vehicles.

About 74 percent of the victims of nonfamily child abduction are girls.

Acting quickly is critical. Seventy-four percent of abducted children who are ultimately murdered are dead within three hours of the abduction.

One in five children 10 to 17 years old receive unwanted sexual solicitations online.

http://www.parents.com/kids/safety/stranger-safety/child-abduction-facts/

http://www.missingkids.org/KeyFacts

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You forgot to add the most important part of the bolded above...

Only a tiny minority of kidnapped children are taken by strangers. Between 1990 and 2001 the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children handled only 515 stranger abductions, 3.1 percent of its caseload. A 2000 report by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs reported that more than 3/4 of kidnappings were committed by family members or acquaintances of the child. The study also found that children abducted by strangers were harmed less frequently than those taken by acquaintances.

PP, you have to go calm down and take some medication.

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