When you live in the city, you learn the rules of safety and survival, carried with you as your move through life. Just over the bridge in the suburbs of New Jersey, where many NYC dwellers moved for safety reasons, we find a rash of child lurings, kidnappings, and even the murder of a 12 year old girl.
Halloween is often scary to children ... and it just got scarier this year in NJ. With Halloween just one week away we find this story. N.J. Towns To Impose Halloween Curfew In Wake Of Luring Attempts NBC - October 24, 2012
The problem of missing children is complex and multifaceted. Children may become missing due to abduction by nonfamily members or abduction by family members. Children may be missing as a result of running away from home. Children may also be missing involuntarily for reasons other than abduction, due to becoming lost, injured or otherwise missing to their parents or guardians.
An estimated 800,000 children younger than 18 are missing each year, or an average of 2,200 children reported missing each day. More than 200,000 children were were abducted by family members. More than 58,000 children were abducted by nonfamily members. 115 children were the victims of "stereotypical" kidnapping. These crimes involve someone the child does not know or a slight acquaintance who holds the child overnight, transports the child 50 miles or more, kills the child, demands ransom, or intends to keep the child permanently.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Wikipedia
Children left alone need cell phones and should stay in touch throughout the day.
List of countries by number of mobile phones in use Wikipedia
