Posted in H.R. 2517, H.R. 3791, Main, Missing Child Legislation, Missing Children Resources, Runaways, tagged Arizona, Congressman Nick Lampson, DNA, Kelly Jolkowski, missing adults, Missing Children, missing persons, texas, unidentified on December 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Amidst all the hoopla of recently passed legislation, Congressman Nick Lampson previously sought amendment H. 160 of the DHS Authorization bill H.R. 1684 to assist in recovery of missing children in cold cases. It would solicit additional assistance from the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General.
Amendment authorizes the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General to assist the National Center for [...]
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There are 27 children from Pennsylvania reported as missing at the NCMEC who have been missing since Jan 2002. Most are runaways, even though they are under the age of 18 and some were last seen traveling with an adult, others are victims of family abductions. In either case, an Amber Alert most likely was not activated.
One of youngest [...]
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Posted in Main, Runaways on August 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Earlier this year the NCMEC and TSA announced a program to alert airport screeners if a child was the subject of an Amber Alert. What the program didn’t address was what to do if a minor decided to runaway and chose flying as their means of transportation.
“How are we supposed to protect our children when [...]
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When a child goes missing the authorities could be faced with a decision to activate an Amber Alert. Authorities are always concerned if they are being over-used thus desensitizing the public.
The third Amber Alert ever issued in Mississippi resulted in the rapid recovery of four children and the arrest of their mother and another person [...]
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A 12-year-old girl missing from Paris, Texas since March 26th has been found in Dallas. She had been the focus of a statewide Amber Alert. Authorities believed she had runaway with a man she met on-line.
William Lewis Rhone, 24, of Jacksboro, is charged with unlawful restraint of a child under 17 years of age and aggravated [...]
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