Missing children
When a child goes missing Valencia County Missing Children is ready to assist families and law enforcement agencies 24 hours a day. VCMC case management works each case on an individual basis by providing coordinated support and access to analytical and technological resources. VCMC is prepared to assist in all missing child cases, even when a child has been missing for a long period of time, was abducted internationally by a parent or has special needs. No missing child is ever forgotten, no matter how long they have been missing.
FAQs: Missing ChildrenHow many missing children are there?The missing children issue is complex and multifaceted. Children may become missing due to abduction by nonfamily members or abduction by family members. Children may become missing as a result of running away from home. Children may also become missing involuntarily for reasons other than abduction such as becoming lost, injured or under other circumstances.
The FBI maintains comprehensive statistics regarding the number of children and adults entered by law enforcement agencies into the National Crime Information Center’s Missing Person File each year. In 2014 there were 466,949 entries made by law enforcement for those younger than 18.
What type of Missing child case is common?
The most frequent types of cases reported;
When a child goes missing Valencia County Missing Children is ready to assist families and law enforcement agencies 24 hours a day. VCMC case management works each case on an individual basis by providing coordinated support and access to analytical and technological resources. VCMC is prepared to assist in all missing child cases, even when a child has been missing for a long period of time, was abducted internationally by a parent or has special needs. No missing child is ever forgotten, no matter how long they have been missing.
FAQs: Missing ChildrenHow many missing children are there?The missing children issue is complex and multifaceted. Children may become missing due to abduction by nonfamily members or abduction by family members. Children may become missing as a result of running away from home. Children may also become missing involuntarily for reasons other than abduction such as becoming lost, injured or under other circumstances.
The FBI maintains comprehensive statistics regarding the number of children and adults entered by law enforcement agencies into the National Crime Information Center’s Missing Person File each year. In 2014 there were 466,949 entries made by law enforcement for those younger than 18.
What type of Missing child case is common?
The most frequent types of cases reported;
- Runaways.
- Family abductions.
- Lost, injured or otherwise missing children.
- Keep a complete and current written description of your child.
- Take color photos, digital if possible, of your child every six months or more often if your child’s appearance changes.
- Know here your child’s medical and dental records are located and how they may be obtained.
- Contact your local law enforcement agency to see if they offer fingerprinting for children. If so arrange with the agency to have your child fingerprinted.
- Collect a DNA sample from your child.