most of the missing are runaway kids. parental stuff? exactly. that s part of the problem because initially when you get reports of a missing child or a missing teenager, the assumption can tend to be well was there a problem in the family? is this a teenager who is having some adjustment problems? social problems at school? they assume it s a run away. after a certain amount of time they can say it s a missing person that s frustrating for family members. don t know what the situation is. even though there is 411 stranger abductions. a most of the others are family things and. 2,000 are family. bill: impact of them is so tremendous. that s why the kids can t play anymore outside. play dates. molestation problem and this kind of stuff that pops up, elizabeth smart case. i work for the
situation is. even though there is 411 stranger abductions. a most of the others are family things and. 2,000 are family. bill: impact of them is so tremendous. that s why the kids can t play anymore outside. play dates. molestation problem and this kind of stuff that pops up, elizabeth smart case. i work for the prevention of cruelty to children focuses just on that issue about awareness and one of the mottos that she has is get smart. know who your surroundings, the people you are supposed to be with. she talked about how she was able to get through this and never stop believing and hoping that shield be rescued or found. the sad fact is that 87% i m writing my newspaper column on this of children who are abducted are murdered. 87%. right.
don t know what the situation is. even though there is 411 stranger abductions. a most of the others are family things and. 2,000 are family. bill: impact of them is so tremendous. that s why the kids can t play anymore outside. play dates. molestation problem and this kind of stuff that pops up, elizabeth smart case. i work for the prevention of cruelty to children focuses just on that issue about awareness and one of the mottos that she has is get smart. know who your surroundings, the people you are supposed to be with. she talked about how she was able to get through this and never stop believing and hoping that shield be rescued or found. the sad fact is that 87% i m writing my newspaper column on this of children who are abducted are murdered. 87%. right.
where police had submit the facts of the case and we run it through a computer, the computer kicks can out similarities. certainly in these three cases, certainly two that would stand out westbouould be the two youn the victims. and as an investigator, i would think the concentration really would have been on them. and just the elements of the case tells me it s not one of these abductions where the subject is coming from a different part of the state or a different state. this is not a parental abduction, obviously. this is a stranger abduction. this is like one of about 110 stranger abductions we get a year. so there should have been maybe there was, and we don t know. there should have been a strong focus in that particular area. but we re hearing different things right now. but casey, it s also we re hearing things that look, this guy was accused of beating his wife and almost killing her and doesn t show up in court so he gets a plea. i mean, that s bizarre. is there somethi
they re either found within a five-mile radius or a lock way away. i know you ve been trying to address this question all night about do the perpetrators know their victims? 80 pr 80% of the crimes committed against children are by some trusted authority figure. that stranger abductions are very unlikely. i ve actually done cases where the murderer or the kidnapper was part of the search party. i mean, i think people think these are trolls, that these are guys in trench coats that expoet themselves, live under the bridge. no. no one has ever been able to describe what a kidnapper or a guy who would rape and hold someone as a sex slave looks like. they re hiding in plain sight. i ve been doing this for so many years. and it s very, very difficult to ever pick these guys out. and they re cunning. they re smart. they know how to manipulate.