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Fliers Can Make Miracles for Families of Missing Children

WASHINGTON (May 27) -- As Abby Potash pecked away at the computer in anguish, sending out messages asking for help finding her 10-year-old son, who had been abducted by his father, in another home a woman she didn't know scanned the mail and asked for some reading glasses. The woman was looking at a flier from the "Have...

Child Abductions: The Hype vs. the Reality

(Nov. 13) -- Are children more likely to be abducted today than they were in past generations? It's a question every parent contemplates, especially in the age of 24-hour news, when sensationalized reports of missing children -- such as 7-year-old Somer Thompson's abduction and slaying -- seem to be a permanent fixture on...

Background on Center for missing and exploited children

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, non-profit organization established in 1984 by the United States Congress.

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