Preventing Child Abductions Protecting Our Children from Abductions Around the country, thousands of children are reported missing each year.
Some children are found and returned, others return home on their own.
Some of our children are never found or returned. There is nothing that devastates parents, friends, and a community more than a reported child abduction or attempt kidnapping of a child. Child abduction is not only committed by a stranger, it could be committed by someone they know and trust, like a parent. What Parents Can Do Know where your child is at all times. Never leave a small child alone at home or in a car.