1. By: Brandon Fisher

2. Family Abduction Statistics  "Family kidnapping" accounts for nearly 50% of all child kidnappings.  More than 300,000 family abductions occur in the U.S. each year.  163,000 of these cases involve the concealment of a child, transporting out of state, or intent to keep the child permanently.  The child has experienced serious mental harm in 16% of the cases.  The child has experienced physical abuse or harm in 24% of the cases.  The child is sexually abused in 7% of the cases.  Mothers flee with children in 54% of the cases. Fathers flee with children in 46% of the cases.

3. Other Abduction Types  "Acquaintance kidnapping" (kidnapping by person(s) known to the family) account for over 25% of all child kidnappings.  “Stranger kidnapping" accounts for nearly 25% of all child kidnappings.  Victims of "stranger kidnappings" are found alive only 60% of the time.  The number of missing persons has risen from just over 150,000 to over 800,000 in the last 20 years.  Approximately 80% of non family abductions are sexually motivated.

4. Slayer of Innocence  Written by Jim Conover  Published in April 2003

5. Jaycee Dugard Case  Kidnapped on June 10, 1991 at the bus stop near her home at the age of 11  Found on August 26, 2009 after 18 years Jaycee at age 11 Phillip and Nancy Garrido

6. Jaycee Now  29 years old  Living with her family and two daughters

7. Shawn Hornbeck Case  Kidnapped in 2002 at the age of 11 while riding his bicycle  Found on January 12, 2007 at the 15 in the apartment of Michael Devlin

8. Shawn Now  17 years old  Living with his family and trying to make up for the time he lost  Shawn Hornbeck Foundation  Book

9. Elizabeth Smart Case  Kidnapped on June 5, 2002 at the age of 14  Found 9 months later

10. Elizabeth Now  21 years old  BYU  Book  Political Activist

11. Effects of Child Abductions  Increase in security  Awareness  The effect on the child’s future

12. Citations http://miamishield.com/childabduction.html  http://www.lostchildren.org/statistics.htm http://www.lostchildren.org/statistics.htm  http://www.shawnhornbeckfoundation.com/ http://www.shawnhornbeckfoundation.com/  Slayer of Innocence