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How many children have been abducted by family members?
According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), in 2019 NCMEC assisted law enforcement and families with more than 29,000 cases of missing children. Of those cases 4 percent were family abductions,
NCMEC data show
. Statistics on the number of child abductions in the United States can be located in the annual
Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics
, which is published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation through its National Crime Information Center. Also see
OJJDP's Missing & Exploited Children In Focus page
.
Last Updated:
March 5, 2020
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