Missing Children Success Stories
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=377Phone Calls Provide Clues to 12-Year-Old's Location
In December 2005, a searching mother called 1-800-THE-LOST to report her 12-year-old daughter missing. The mother informed NCMEC that it was possible the girl could be traveling with an adult male in a stolen vehicle.
NCMEC reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to discuss the situation. NCMEC posters with the missing child’s photograph were also created and distributed to targeted areas of Las Vegas and surrounding areas.
In December 2006, the girl, a native Spanish-speaker, e-mailed NCMEC after seeing her poster on NCMEC’s website, www.missingkids.com. Although the e-mail address could not be traced, a Spanish-speaking assistant case manager in NCMEC’s National Missing Children’s Division used this opportunity to open the lines of communication with the child by providing her phone number and e-mail address. It worked! The child called the assistant case manager a few days later from a blocked phone number and provided information about her situation. The child denied being with the reported companion.
Several days after the initial contact, the child called the case manager again but neglected to block the phone number. A search by NCMEC’s Case Analysis and Support Division yielded a possible address in Indiana. This information was forwarded to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police also notified the Bloomington Police Department in Indiana, which was able to confirm the address as that of the suspected companion.
On February 8, 2007, law enforcement safely recovered the child at the home of the companion.
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Hurricane Katrina Success Storieshttp://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2102Sisters Reunited With Family Through a Chance Meeting
Twelve-year-old Jessica and 18-year-old Tiffany were separated from their mother while evacuating from New Orleans. The girls stayed with a friend and traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but were unable to let their family know where they were. Meanwhile, their mother made her way to a shelter in Livingston Parrish, Louisiana, and began seeking information through the American Red Cross. Their aunt phoned NCMEC’s Hurricane Katrina Missing Persons Hotline seeking information on the whereabouts of the girls and emailed their photos. NCMEC issued posters with their photos online seeking information about their whereabouts and began cross-searching registries. In the meantime, their aunt bumped into them in a Wal-Mart store in Baton Rouge and was overjoyed to find them. The family is working with the American Red Cross to reunite the girls with their mother.