News -03-22-06 Massive Rescue Effort Repoorted Successful (ABC News) "Cortez represented the last of 5,192 Gulf Coast children listed as missing or displaced after the storms struck more than six months ago. The effort to reunite those youngsters became the largest child-recovery effort in U.S. history." " 'I can't say that there aren't a few children that may have been missing and not reported to us, but we received more calls than anyone else did, and all our cases have been resolved,' said Bob O'Brien, director of the [National Center for Missing & Exploited Children] center's missing children division." 03-06 -08-02-05 Report: Police Failed to Follow Procedure in Trunk Deaths (CNN News) "Police failed to follow proper procedures as they searched for three missing boys, neglecting a federal agency's recommendations to immediately look in enclosed spaces such as car trunks, a report released Tuesday said." 8-05 Abductions Less Frequent Now (CNN) Despite the publicity on recent abduction cases, abductions by strangers are actually becoming rarer, according to the FBI. 8-02 Amber Alert May Become a National System (CNNTruthOut.org) Reports efforts by the Senate to develop legislation that makes the Amber Alert a national system. " ''We've had 13 Amber alerts in California in one month,' Feinstein said in unveiling the legislation Tuesday. 'One was a misstep. All other 12 have resulted in the return of the child. Eight were abductions from strangers and four involved family members. Now that's an unparalleled record.' " 9-02 Papers -06-22-05 Missing Utah Boy, Brennan Hawkins, Found (CBS News) The 11-year-old boy lost for four days in the Utah mountains had deliberately hid from searchers, thinking they were strangers who might kidnap him, his mother said Wednesday." 6-05 -06-22-05 Missing Utah Boy, Brennan Hawkins, Found (MSNBC News) The 11-year-old boy lost for four days in the Utah mountains had deliberately hid from searchers, thinking they were strangers who might kidnap him, his mother said Wednesday." 6-05 Abductions and Missing Children - Amber Alert (Michigan Association of Broadcasters) Describes a Michigan program that was started in Dallas, Texas to have police alert local media as soon as a child has been confirmed missing. Local media then provide emergency alerts frequently during the first several hours, when it is most likely that an abductor will be seen by the general public. Sixteen children have already been saved by the program nationally. 8-01 Abductions and Missing Children - Amber Alert Plan (WBAP) Describes a program started in Dallas, Texas to have police alert local media as soon as a child has been confirmed missing. Local media then provide emergency alerts frequently during the first several hours, when it is most likely that an abductor will be seen by the general public. Sixteen children have already been saved by the program nationally. 8-01 Abductions and Missing Children - Amber Alert Spreads (FoxNews - Porteus) "But some people say states -- who generally oppose the federal government telling them what to do -- shouldn’t need a national mandate telling them to set up an Amber alert, especially given its recent success rate." 8-02 Abductions and Missing Children - Amber Alert Works for Texas (CNN) Provides news about the abduction of a baby that turned out well because of the Amber Alert that notified media and agencies statewide. Girl Found Unhurt After Amber Alert (CNN News) "A 16-year-old girl who was apparently abducted in Denver, Colorado, early Sunday was found alive and unhurt hours later, after police issued a statewide Amber Alert, police said." 10-03 Missing and Exploited Children Database Provides information by state and city. White Young Females Get Coverage - Others Do Not (MSNBC News) "The special attention afforded missing white women can be especially galling for families of other descriptions because missing adults already start out at a disadvantage." 7-04

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