How many missing children are found deceased? What hours are most critical when trying to locate a missing child?
According to a 1997 study by the State of Washington’s Office of the Attorney General “the murder of a child who is abducted … is a rare event. There are estimated to be about 100 such incidents in the United States each year, less than one-half of one percent of the murders committed”; however, “74 percent of abducted children who are murdered are dead within three hours of the abduction.
According to the State of Washington s Office of the Attorney General the murder of a child who is abducted … is a rare event. There are estimated to be about 100 such incidents in the United States each year, less than one-half of one percent of the murders committed ; however, 74 percent of abducted children who are murdered are dead within three hours of the abduction.
