HOW MANY MISSING CHILDREN ARE THERE?

How many American children are actually abducted each year?

Numbers as high as one or two million are routinely cited in the media. John Walsh, host of the television show America's Most Wanted, has testified before Congress about this issue, and has placed the annual total number of abducted children at more than 1.5 million, adding that "we don't have a clue what happens to over 50,000 of them," and that "this country is littered with mutilated, decapitated, raped and strangled children." This is the testimony he gives time and again when touting the latest sex offender legislation, wrongfully leading people to believe that it is registered sex offenders snatching them up. Mr. Walsh, has undergone the tragedy of his own 7 year old son Adam being abducted while left unattended at a Florida department store. He was later murdered and it is important to note that his killer has never been caught.  

In the 1980's a mini-hysteria gripped the nation over the cause of missing children: milk cartons, direct mail campaigns, federal legislation, the creation of the Congressionally-mandated NCMEC, even the implanting of radio transponders and ID numbers on the teeth of elementary school children, so that their bodies could be identified in the event that they were abducted and murdered.

When the numbers are analyzed more closely, however, the true scope of the "crisis" becomes clearer. In 1985 the Denver Post won a Pulitzer prize for its series of articles revealing the truth about the child abduction scare. Reporters Diana Griego and Louis Kilzer found that 95% of missing children are runaways (most of whom come home before three days) and that most of the rest are child custody disputes. Griego and Kilzer tracked down the sources of the abduction inflation: advocacy groups and a too-eager media.

"There's a tremendous scare on," said Louis McCagg, director of Child Find, the nation's oldest and best-known missing children organization. Once a strong supporter of the 50,000 estimate, Child Find now says that the actual number is less than 600 per year.

"Their figures are impossible," said Bill Carter of the FBI's public information bureau. "More than 50,000 soldiers died in the Vietnam War. Almost everyone knows someone who was killed there. The numbers I've seen from missing child groups on abducted children range from 5,000 to 50,000.

Do you know a child who has been abducted? That should tell you something right there."

"It's sad to say, but some organizations are exaggerating the figures to make their cause seem more urgent," said John Gill, director of Children's Rights of New York. "Why, our schools should be empty if there were that many missing children."

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THE NCMEC CLAIMS THAT 94% OF EVERY DOLLAR DONATED GOES DIRECTLY TO THE RECOVERY OF MISSING CHILDREN. THAT IS ONE HELL OF A STRETCH (TO SAY THE LEAST) AFTER LOOKING AT THEIR IRS FORM 990. VIEW IT FOR YOURSELF HERE: http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/Form990.pdf

THAT WOULD MEAN THE ENTIRE CURRENT MINOR POPULATION WOULD ALL HAVE VANISHED WITHIN 30 YEARS. THAT MEANS ENTIRE GENERATIONS. AND BY THE WAY......WHERE ARE ALL THESE KIDS? THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF MISSING CHILDREN TO HIDE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE NCMEC. THE LINK IS PROVIDED BELOW. IS IT COINCIDENCE THAT THESE SAME PEOPLE ALSO HAPPEN TO BE OWNERS OF COMPANIES LIKE ADVO INC,  AND HANK ASHER, FOR EXAMPLE WHO MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR WITH THE "MISSING CHILDREN PROPAGANDA"?

WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT THEIR "TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS" TO THE NCMEC "NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION" END UP RIGHT BACK IN THEIR OWN POCKETS. IT'S LIKE NEVER HAVING TO PAY TAXES. IT ALSO MAKES IT HARD TO SWALLOW THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS GRANTED THEM THE "NON FOR PROFIT" STATUS.