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Kampusch Reveals Austrian Dungeon Ordeal

(Sept. 6) -- Natascha Kampusch, who was imprisoned in an Austrian cellar for eight years after being abducted at the age of 10, has for the first time revealed the full extent of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her deranged kidnapper. Her traumatic autobiography "3,096 Days" -- a reference to the amount of time she...

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 child abduction

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.

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