There are 41 missing children listed at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 5 years-old and 57 missing 6 year-olds. Reading this story, is it a wonder there aren’t more?
WAUKEGAN — A recent incident in which a 6-year-old girl was mistakenly released from school and told to walk home was criticized by city officials Monday, who said school personnel should have called police when the girl’s mother reported her missing.
“There’s nothing more important to us than finding a missing child, (and) there are all kinds of things we can do in a situation like that,” said Police Chief William Biang, adding that the dilemma could have been addressed by the department’s relatively new Child Abduction Response Team.
Non-family abduction
REACHELLE SMITH
Missing Since: 5/17/06
Age Now: 6
Missing from:
MINOT, ND
Lost. Injured or missing
KENDRICK T JACKSON
Missing Since: 4/7/06
Age Now: 5
Missing from: HOUSTON, TX
JEWEL MAHAVIA STRONG
Missing Since: 5/28/06
Age Now: 5
Missing from: PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL
CLAUDIA JARETH GUILLEN
Missing Since: 11/24/04
Age Now: 6
Missing from: YUMA, AZ
TA’NIYAH MONIQUE LEONARD
Missing Since: 10/19/02
Age Now: 6
Missing from: BARTOW, FL
JESSICA VARGAS BIATRIZ
Missing Since: 11/4/06
Age Now: 6
Missing from: SANFORD, FL
Endangered missing:
GIOVANNI COLON-GONZALEZ
Missing Since: 8/15/08
Age Now: 5
Missing from: LYNN, MA
The other missing children are victims of family abductions.
When a child goes missing 