Circumstances of Missing Children
1999

Statistics indicate that of all the reports received, 96.6 percent were considered non-suspicious. This classification typically signifies children who have either run away from their residence or have been taken by a family member but are not considered to be a victim of a non-custodial abduction. Only .2 percent were categorized as children who were lost. Stranger abductions decreased by 27 reports and non-custodial family abductions decreased by 26 reports. A suspicious circumstance is a situation in which it is not believed that the child left by his/her own accord, but there is no evidence to prove there was an abduction. Of the reported cases, 2.7 percent were classified as suspicious.