-1 child goes missing every 40 seconds -354,000 abductions occur within the family each year -over 1/2 of the abductors are men -49% of abductors have criminal records -4,600 stranger abductions occur each year -sexual assault is most common as a motive -75% of all abductions involve a weapon of some sort . After everything that happens to all parties involved there can be short and long term effects for the most innocent person, the child. There can be an alteration to appearance, hair being cut or dyed. Their names can easily be changed and their true identities lost. Health problems may be ignored and can result in death in that way, neglect. They also could be neglected mentally. Their education can be ignored and living conditions can become unstable and even result in homelessness. If a child is abducted by a parent, they can turn the child against the other parent. The child is uprooted from everything they know and thrown into a l

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