Aren t most missing kids a result of custodial disagreements?
The largest number of missing children are runaways ; followed by family abductions ; then lost, injured, or otherwise missing children ; and finally, the smallest category, but the one in which the child is at greatest risk of injury or death, nonfamily abductions. Many times this question is asked under the assumption that family abductions are not a serious matter; however, this is not true. In most cases children are told that the left-behind parent doesn t want or love them. These children may live the life of a fugitive, always on the run with the noncustodial parent and stripped away from their home, friends, school, and family.