Many wonder if the disappearances of Madeleine McCann, Trenton Duckett or others will ever be solved.
There are 2407 missing children in the United States listed at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). Of those, approximately 906 are now over the age of 18-years-old.
- 175 Case Type Endangered Missing
- 43 Case Type Family Abduction
- 223 Case Type Non Family Abuction
- 172 Case Type Lost, Injured or Missing
- 204 Case Type Endangered Runaway
- 51 Case Type Missing
- 33 Case Type Unidentified
- 2 Case Type Unknown
Last January on the Paula Zahn Show “Miracle in Missouri” Joann Donnellan, Director of Communcations, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children made this comment in response to a question from John Roberts, CNN Anchor.
“We always have hope, John. That is the one message here at the center. We never close a case until we get some sort of resolution
So, whether they’re gone, you know, a day, a week, five years, 10 years, we distribute information. We saturate communities. We work with law enforcement every day on every case here…
