Missing Persons

Missing Adults The Child Alert Foundation also cares about missing adults.

• Amber Foundation for Missing Children - Dedicated to the recovery of missing children, as well as providing assistance to the families of children who have been abducted by a stranger.
• Beary Special Kids - A site dedicated to assisting in the recovery of missing children. A weekly newsletter with children's pictures is published via email.

• Canadian Missing Children - A listing of missing and found children in Canada.
• Child Abduction is Child Abuse - Report presented to the United Nations Convention on Child Rights.
• Child Abduction Prevention - Child abduction prevention tips.
• Child Abduction Resource Center - A multi-lingual site of resources for parents dealing with child abduction.
• Child Alert Foundation - Focal point for providing immediate notification of missing children. Cooperative effort between local media and law enforcement agencies.
• Child CyberSearch Canada - Official site of the RCMP Missing Children's Registry. Canada's first online missing children agency.
• Child Find of America, Inc. - National not-for-profit charity that locates missing children through active investigation, prevents child abduction through education, and resolves incidents of parental abduction through mediation.
• Child Search - National Missing Children Center - Child Search is a Ministry to families of missing and exploited children. Under certain circumstances the Center also helps families of missing adults.
• Child Watch - This site includes cases of missing children, safety and abduction prevention information, recovered children stories, and child I.D. event information.
• Cobra Missing Children Network - How to find, search for, and return kidnapped, runaway and missing children. Founded in 1979. Chartered by the State of Ohio.
• Code Amber - The Web's Amber Alert System - Provides web site owners with a JavaScript news feed ticker that displays active Amber Alerts on their web pages. The ticker contains all pertinent information about the victim, the law enforcement agency issuing the alert and contact information for reporting sightings. Any available information about the perpetrator is also displayed.
• The Committee For Missing Children - Newsletter, events, photos of missing chldren, and other information for parents of missing children.
• Every Second Counts - This site is dedicated to finding missing youth.
• Family Resources Network: Help Find a Missing Child - Gateways to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's current list of missing children, by state.
• Fitzpatrick's Fireplace - Aids in finding missing children, and preventing children from becoming one of the missing.
• Fraser Valley Missing Children and Teens - View pictures of missing children and teenagers in the Fraser Valley, BC, Canada.
• Gabriels Gifts.org - Gabriel's Gifts helping families find lost children.
• Hawaii's Own Missing Children - Clearinghouse for missing children in the state of Hawaii.
• Houston Regional Amber Plan Alerts - In memory of Amber Hagerman, who was abducted and murdered in 1996, (ARM) created a program so that the police department could recover abducted children.
• Interstate Association for Stolen Children - Profiles missing children.
• Jimmy Ryce Center for Victims of Predatory Abduction - Information about predatory abduction, safety tips for parents and kids, lobby information.
• Keepsakers Global Child Abduction Alert System - We offer parents a free, highly secure database which houses children's personal information. Our alert system sends notifications to volunteer subscribers in an emergency.
• Kid Protection Network - A resource for community saftey for children. Information, support letters, pamphlets, links.
• Kids Fighting for Kids - A non profit organization for missing and abducted children.
• Laura Recovery Center Foundation - A non-profit foundation that works to assist communities when faced with an abducted child and prevent child abductions.
• The Lost Child Emergency Broadcast System - Volunteer child recovery organization which uses online tools to aid in the recovery of lost children.
• Marsha's Missing Children Page - Support for parents of missing children and links to national resource pages.
• Missing Black Children U.S.A. - Provides a free website for photos of missing black children, monthly newsletter, and networking with public investigators.
• Missing Children and Adults - Articles about missing children and adults, as well as other resources, from About.com.
• Missing Children at Woman's World - Preventative tips, action to take if your child is abducted, statistics and links.
• Missing Children Investigation Center - MCIC assists in the recovery of abducted children all over the globe.
• Missing Children Resources - Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites for information and resources concerning missing and runaway children.
• Missing Children Society of Canada - Non profit agency operating since 1986 offering investigative services. Experienced in missing, abducted or runaway children.
• The Missing Cloud - Offering international and national missing persons information, support, places to post alerts and contact information.
• Missing Search - The MissingSearch plug-in helps to find missing children while surfing the internet. Currently available for all browsers, free to download and does not require registration.
• Morgan Nick Foundation - Works to recover missing children across the United States and serves as a support team to families and a liaison to law enforcement. Includes a tribute to the 6 year-old namesake abducted in 1995.
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - High-tech U.S. search network which works with law enforcement agencies and other professionals to find runaways and other missing children. NCMEC also provides educational resources and a searchable database of missing children.
• National Centre For Missing Children - A non profit, non governmental organization in India providing free services to the parents of missing kids. Online resources include searchable database of missing children.
• New York State Missing and Exploited Children Clearinghouse - Information on missing kids in New York state.
• Our Missing Children: Canada - Multi-faceted program comprised of the RCMP's Missing Children's Registry
• Phoenix1: Missing Children - Resources and information on reporting crimes of sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
• The Polly Klaas Foundation - Foundation for Prevention of child abduction, and aid in the search.
• Project Find - Will help find missing children and adults for free.
• Rino Kids Missing Children Information - Creates free web pages to help find missing children and missing adults.
• SHG: Missing and Exploited Children - Links to resources that provide parents with the tools needed to protect and safeguard their children. Check photographs and files on missing children.
• TheyAreMissing - A resource site dedicated to abduction prevention, recovery, and support.
• Too Old To Be a 'Missing Child' - What happens when a young person goes missing, but is over the age of 18? Many agencies that assist in the search for younger kids won't get involved.
• The Trisha Autry Foundation - This foundation helps families with missing children, educates communities on child protection, and develops working partnerships with law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.
• Vanished Childrens Alliance - Established organization which provides services in the prevention, location, recovery and reunification of missing and abducted children since 1980.

Child Abduction Murder Research Project
Overview

In late 1993, the Criminal Division of the Washington State Attorney General's Office undertook a 3-1/2 year research project, partially funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to study the investigation of child abduction murder cases. This research was undertaken in an effort to determine characteristics of these cases that will help make future law enforcement investigations of this nature more efficient and effective.

During this research project, over 600 child abduction murder cases across the United States were reviewed and the investigating detectives interviewed. Through this case review and the detective interviews, data was gathered that gives insight into what investigative techniques tend to be most productive.

1. 76% of the children who are abducted and murdered are females.
2. In 53% of the cases, the victims and killers were strangers.
3. In 39% of the cases, the victims and killers were friends or acquaintances.
4. Only 9% of the cases involved parents or intimates killing the child.
5. The gender and age of the victim affects the victim-killer relationship:
• Older girls more likely killed by strangers;
• Younger girls more likely killed by friends or acquaintances;
• Younger boys more likely killed by strangers.
6. In 60% of the cases, more than two hours passed between the time someone realized the child was missing and the time police were notified.
7. In 74% of the cases, the child was dead within three hours of the abduction.
8. Repeated neighborhood canvassing is an invaluable tool in investigating these cases.
9. There are some unique patterns in the distribution of geographic sites.

Due to the landmark finding in this initial research project, the project has been extended for an additional three years to further study these cases. The continued study hopes to be able to more clearly classify killer characteristics in these cases, thus allowing detectives and case managers to better prioritize and focus future investigations.

Copies of the research findings report are available by calling the Washington State Attorney General's Office, Criminal Justice Division, 800-345-2793.

MISSING CHILDREN

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