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trelium06 t1_j9oovmz wrote

Reply to comment by swheels125 in 8-year-old boy missing from Washington state for 8 months is found in Missouri by FenrirIII

Out of millions upon millions of kids?

I bet more kids die from choking than are kidnapped by strangers each year, but I’m too lazy to look it up

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Eternal_210C8A t1_j9orxcv wrote

Assuming the above stat (125 kids kidnapped by strangers/year) is correct, then kids are more likely to be murdered by their parents than kidnapped by strangers.

Edit: According to this article, about ~350 people under 21 are kidnapped by strangers every year.

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Goddess_Peorth t1_j9skywl wrote

It's weird to use "under 21," because that mixes in violence against young-adult women, where the abduction is either domestic violence or human trafficking (forced sex work)

Seems like different types of crimes/risks than "stranger danger" child abductions.

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