? Of those children, 44% were younger than age six.
? Law enforcement was contacted in 60% of those cases, to locate or help recover a child from a known location.
? In the cases where families did not contact the police, 23% resolved the issue within the family, 15% didn’t believe police could help, and 10% knew the child’s location. Other reasons for not contacting the police included dissatisfaction with prior police contact, fear that the child would be harmed, and the resolution of the issue with an attorney.
? Only 30% of abducted children were gone for more than one month, with the majority gone between one day and one month.