WAKE UP PARENTS!! An Open Call to Parents, Foster Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Caregivers, Babysitters, School Administration, Churches, and Anyone Who Takes Care of Our Children!!

 WAKE UP WORLD- !!

This is basically a distress call. It is addressed to ANYONE, ANYWHERE, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF A CHILD. 
Are you AWARE of what the child you are entrusted to care for is doing RIGHT THIS SECOND?
IF NOT- WHY??????????? 
If they are supposed to be outside playing, ARE THEY WHERE YOU TOLD THEM THEY COULD GO? IF NOT, WHY AREN'T YOU OUT THERE LOOKING FOR THEM?????
If they are in the care of a babysitter, do you KNOW AND TRUST that babysitter?
If they are supposed to be at school, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR SCHOOL'S POLICIES ARE ON ABSENTEEISM? IS THAT POLICY BEING FOLLOWED CORRECTLY? 
If they are supposed to be at a school function, a church function, lessons of some type, or any other  activity that they are away from you, their guardian and sole providers, do you KNOW that they are all right? 
Do you fully, 100% TRUST the person, or persons that they are with? 
If you DON'T- then WHY is your child, or your children, with that person, or persons??

I know, some of you are sitting there reading this, thinking, this writer is full of crap. You're thinking, there is NO way possible to KNOW exactly where your child is, what they are doing every second of every day. But- and I won't be the first to say this, to you, and everyone else out there responsible for the care of a child, and I won't be the last: SURE- YOU MAY BE RIGHT- YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE 24-7, BUT: Even if you can NOT physically be there, all the time, to INSURE that your child is safe, you CAN take every possible precaution to HELP insure that child's safety. AND IF YOU DON'T- THEN YOU ONLY HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME IN THE LONG RUN. 
These things include simple items like these:


Set up a code phrase with your child. This is an age-old trick that has, in the past, helped avoid tragedies. For instance, if your child knows this code phrase, he is LESS likely to willingly get into a vehicle of a stranger, he is LESS likely to be lured away holding some strangers hand. Only you, your child, and specific other caretakers should KNOW this phrase. In some cases, parents take the time to CHANGE the code phrase on a monthly, or yearly basis, to prevent anyone else from finding out, either accidentally, or by the child slipping up and letting it out to the wrong people. 

This tip is from the Polly Klaas Foundation:
The best thing about the "What If…" game is that you can adapt it to your own life situation, and you can play it with children of all ages. For example, when you walk into a grocery store with your child, you can ask, "What if you couldn't find me, who would you ask for help?"Going through the exercise of actually choosing the right person to ask for help is an excellent way to establish brain patterns that can kick in if they are ever needed.  Scientific research shows that our brains work by pattern recognition. When an extremely frightening situation happens, human brains sort through their database for a "script" of actions taken previously. The brain that has more "scripts" can respond more quickly than a brain that has to process never practiced information. That's why schools hold fire drills. Each time the kids get out of the building in a safe orderly fashion during a fire drill, their brains remember what they did and why. Actually going through fire drill practice is much more effective than only being told where the exits are and what to do in case of an emergency.
If you are a teacher, a babysitter, a neighbor, a Sunday School teacher, a clerk at a convenience store that knows your regular customers, for crying out loud- KEEP YOUR EYES AND YOUR EARS OPEN! PAY ATTENTION!!!!!!!!
If you SEE or HEAR anything from the children you are accustomed to seeing on a regular basis that you KNOW is not normal, DO SOMETHING about it! STOP SITTING ON YOUR DUFF AND ACTING LIKE YOU ARE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND- TAKE THE RIGHT ACTION- 
YOUR ACTION OR PHONECALL MAY SAVE A LIFE!!!!! OR, AT THE VERY LEAST- HELP PREVENT ANOTHER DAY OF PAIN OR SUFFERING FOR AN INNOCENT, HELPLESS CHILD- ! 
 
In this world today, of lightening fast communication possibilities, there is simply NO EXCUSE for another child to go missing, or for another child to be abused, or for another child to be murdered. NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER!!
Perhaps it is time that we, as adults, finally wake up and realize that the children of today, no matter WHAT country they live in, are the FUTURE OF OUR WORLD. What is done to them, what memories they have to deal with, what pain they have to bear, or, if they are fortunate - the blessings and happiness they have to remember, is what is going to INFLUENCE their actions in the future! WE- as their caregivers in whatever form we take- are RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT! Do you REALLY want to sit back and keep your mouth shut, and let another idiot harm another child? It's on your conscience if you do, YOU are the one who will have to live with it, knowing you DIDN'T do anything to help- IF DOING NOTHING is what you choose to do!!!!!


 The single most important thing to do today, as in years and decades and centuries past- is simply to take the time to TEACH your children. TEACH them right from wrong, TEACH them what TO do and what NOT TO do, instill in them the knowledge that will ultimately keep them safe. 
A little common sense goes a LONG way, in today's world, just as in yesterday's world. Yes, times may be different, but the basic fundamentals of parenting, teaching, caring for our world's children has never changed. 
In this writer's opinion, it's not the basic everyday values that have changed, it is the number of people today that practice them. 
If we ALL make a concentrated effort to abide by the RIGHT things to do, (yes, this includes HAVING A CONSCIENCE), then there won't BE anymore Caylee Anthony, Haleigh Cummings, Kyron Harmon, Skylar Newton cases. 
Together- WE can make this STOP. 




















Polly Klaas: The Murder of America's Child 


































Polly Klaas: The Murder of America's Child 





Polly Klaas: The Murder of America's Child 





 

Baby Bella- 17 broken bones???????

WILX.COM - Reporter: A.J. Hilton - Last Updated: 8:44 PM Sep 17, 2007
 >> Father Charged with Sexual Abuse of 3-Month Old

"This is probably one of the worst cases of child abuse I've seen since I've been working for Blackman Township," said Mike Jester, Blackman Township's Public Safety Director.

27-year-old Kirk Coleman stood quietly in Chief Judge R. Darryl Mazur's courtroom, facing first-degree charges of criminal sexual conduct and child abuse, patiently waiting for the Jackson County judge to set his bond.

The judge set bond at $100,000.

Coleman was living in the Spring Glen Apartments just days ago, working as a painter. That all changed Saturday. Coleman, the father of a three-month-old baby girl, along with her mother took their unresponsive child to Foote Hospital in Jackson. The child was later airlifted to the University of Michigan's Mott Hospital, and remains in critical condition.

"The injuries are quite extensive," said Jester. "Very serious, such as broken ribs, skull fractures and so forth."

Blackman Township Police started their investigation, and it didn't take them long to start questioning Coleman as to what happened.

"We determined that he was the only one home," said Jester. "Our detectives spoke with him and was able to get him to admit that he was responsible for the injury."

The three month old is still unconscious, and needs a ventilator to breathe. Child protective services has also stepped in terminating parental rights, taking custody of the child. A child who's life will never be the same. 

http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/9838321.html


Baby has 17 broken bones

mlive.com - By Steven Hepker - Wednesday, September 19, 2007

A Blackman Township baby clinging to life in an Ann Arbor hospital was beaten more severely than initially suspected, Blackman Township investigators said.

"She has three skull fractures, 11 broken ribs, both eye sockets are broken, she has two femur fractures and two tibia fractures -- 17 broken bones," Deputy Director Jon Johnston said.

"She could pull through but will have neurological deficits."

The girl's father, Kirk Coleman, 27, is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree child abuse. His preliminary hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Jackson County District Court.

Coleman and the baby's mother lived together at Springport Glen Apartments. The mother went back to work Thursday, leaving the baby with Coleman, Johnson said.

"We believe he beat her over two days," Johnson said.

The baby was unconscious when she was taken to Foote Hospital at 8 a.m. Saturday. She was airlifted immediately to the University of Michigan Hospital.

She remains on a ventilator in critical but stable condition.

"Some of her injuries are much more severe than we thought," Johnston said. Detective Chris Boulter got an update from doctors late Tuesday.

At his arraignment, Coleman said he was discharged from the Army in March 2006 and worked for a painting contractor in Jackson.

Child Protective Services severed parental rights over the weekend. Johnston said the mother has not been implicated. 

http://www.mlive.com/news/citpat/ind...180.xml&coll=3

Oncwanique Tribblet WARNING- GRAPHIC!!!

The story of Oncwanique is an unbelievably shocking story of what a parent did to their own child, their own flesh and blood. It is truly shocking and disgusting, but the fact that no one bothered to report this child missing for months after she disappeared is inexcusable. THAT is the reason that I am posting the story here. PLEASE: BE AWARE of the children around you- PAY ATTENTION!!!! If one of them suddenly isn't being seen as they normally are, that should serve as a screaming siren that there is something wrong, and authorities should be NOTIFIED!!!

Oncwanique was born in Chicago, Illinois. This is where she resided. When Oncwanique was sixteen months old she was murdered by her parents, she was choked, suffocated, her arms and feet were chopped up, cooked in batter and distributed outside for the animals to eat, they removed her head and spine, and placed her body into a large bucket of battery acid which they stirred occasionally over a six week period to ensure her little body dissolved!! They then poured her down the drain! The went to a neighbor and borrowed a blender and bended her head and poured it down the toilet!

It was six months until Oncwanique was noted as missing! Because of what happened to Oncwanique there was no body to give her a funeral or burial!

Baby Brianna (WARNING- CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS AND PICTURES)

I am sure that some of you reading this have already known about this precious child. I have fallen behind in my blogging and research, therefore, this sad sad story was new to me.
Some of what I found on the web:
(SOURCES: http://www.kelseyspurpose.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1400
 http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/The_short_life_and_brutal_death_of_Baby_Brianna_076886
 http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/child-abuse-death-of-baby-brianna-lopez.html )

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) - Brianna Lopez would be 6 years old now had her death at 6 months not revealed perhaps the most brutal child-abuse case in state history and prompted a major change in New Mexico law.

But as the July 19 anniversary of her death nears, some say the changes have not gone far enough.

The story of Baby Brianna is a hard one, but it is the ugly reality of child abuse.  Violent family members caused her death while others hid what they knew was going on.

"They raped her; they beat her," said District Attorney Susana Martinez who prosecuted the case.  "She had bite marks on her face, cheek, head, arms, legs, chest, torso, everywhere.

"Literally bruised from head to toe, from the top of her head all throughout her body all the way to the big toe on her right foot."

She was beaten and raped by her own family.

"Massive bruising on the head, and then her little fingers were lacerated, toes," said Detective Lindell Wright who was the first officer on the scene. 

Brianna died on July 19, 2002.  When Wright saw her body at a hospital, he remembers one thought going through his mind:  "I've got a lot to do."

Later, when he had time to look back, "I cried my eyes out.  It will stay with me for the rest of my life."

Investigators said Brianna's mother and father, Stephanie Lopez and Andy Walters, and her uncle Steven Lopez were responsible.

The night before, Steven and Andy threw Brianna to the ceiling, then let her slam to the ground.  And they had raped her time and time again.

Brianna's mother had bitten her child.  The source of the other bruises remains a mystery.

"Bite marks throughout her body; there were old and new," Wright said.  "She had skull fractures that were old and new.

"She had bleeding on the brain both old and new which means she had been abused physically her entire life."

And while all the abuse was going on another uncle and a grandmother knew but never reported it or tried to stop it.

Martinez won convictions and maximum sentences for the three abusers.

"It tests you to the point you're not sure you can speak," Martinez said.  "You're afraid that the emotion will take over."

For some Martinez's successful prosecution only highlighted shortcomings in the law.

When Baby Brianna was killed a person who committed intentional child abuse resulting in death faced a maximum of 18 years in prison.  Her case brought on a major change.

"Eighteen years for the life of a child?" State Sen. Mary Jane Garcia of Doña Ana said.  "I thought it was absurd."

It took Garcia three years of trying, but she changed the law to make the crime punishable by a life sentence.

"If the judges continue to sentence to the maximum under the new law, the law is sufficient," Martinez said.  "But if a judge doesn't sentence them to the maximum to try to give some sort of deterrent effect to the rest of the community we've lost."

Both Martinez and Garcia said more needs to be done to punish people like Brianna's grandmother and uncle who fail to report abuse.

"Those two individuals knew she was being abused," Martinez said.  "She was full of bruises that were old: green, brown, yellow-colored.

"Had they reported it early, had they and insisted on that child not being abused maybe we would have never had her death take place."

For failing to report the abuse the three were sentenced to 30 days in jail.  The maximum is one year.

"I think perhaps we ought to try to make it five years at least," Garcia said.  "I would go for something like that, and I would certainly try it."

However Wright said it's not just the law that needs to change.

"I think a lot of proactive still needs to happen as far as young parents need to have proper education, proper support systems," Wright said.  "I feel a lot of young parents are struggling by themselves.

"They don't have anywhere to turn, and it is the chemistry of child abuse."

Brianna's story still brings much pain to the people in Doña Ana County who came together after her death, paid for her casket and burial and claimed her body when no one else would.

"The community felt that Baby Brianna could be their child, their granddaughter, their daughter, their niece," Las Cruces resident Edgar Lopez said.

Baby Brianna is now locked up in a cage built around her grave by her family to keep the community who loved her so much out.  It is a mess, unkempt and full of trash.

"They were asked, and they said they just wanted to be left alone and they wanted Brianna to be left alone," Martinez said.

Inside is a cherub with a finger raised to her lips. Some believe it's a message.

"My first thought was, 'Let's not talk about what's occurred here,'" Lopez said.

 Yet the community vows to not let that happen.  People still leave flowers here and have built another marker. 

The people of this community will never forget Brianna and neither will the detectives, social workers and prosecutors who worked on her case.

Wright said they never found pictures of Brianna in her home, not a single image of her playing, laughing or smiling.  He wanted to know what she looked like alive.

"Before they started the autopsy and her little face was lying on a white sheet and I thought she looks asleep," Wright said.  "So I just took the picture."

The picture has since transformed with the bruises erased and the bite marks taken away.  The scars have disappeared.

It's the Brianna this community likes to remember.

"There's a photograph of her to carry on of her little life," Wright said.

The picture hangs on the wall next to Susana Martinez's desk.

"It's a reminder, of course, of why we do what we do," Martinez said.  "If you forget you'll either become calloused or you will become Jell-O.

"You can't do this job well unless you are in the middle, and that's just a good reminder why we do it."

Brianna is never far from the detective either.

"It drives me to work harder to prevent, to be a voice for every child of abuse," Wright said.  "That's what it does."

The cop, the prosecutor and the politician agree it's everyone's job to report child abuse.  Anyone who sees, or even suspects a child is being abused, needs to step in.

Reporter:  Kim Vallez

The picture that is being referred to is this one:





(These are the slime that did this to this precious child)

Babys autopsy reveals signs of long-term abuse
By Rene Ruelas
Sun-News

The autopsy of 5-month-old Brianna Lopez revealed she had suffered abuse most of her short life in what deputies say is one of the worst cases of child abuse they have ever seen.
Her parents are among those charged with her death.
Brianna was pronounced dead Friday morning at Memorial Medical Center after she was rushed there when attempts to revive her failed, Doa Ana County Sheriffs Sgt. Ed Miranda said.
Friday night, police arrested Briannas parents, Stephanie Lopez, 19, and Andy Walters, 21, and uncle, Steven Lopez, 19. They each are charged with child abuse resulting in death. Walters also was charged with criminal sexual penetration of the baby.
Deputies have now interviewed the six adults and two children who lived in the home with Brianna. Miranda said the family is being cooperative.
The autopsy revealed a long list of injuries that appeared to have been inflicted over an extended period of time upon the little girl who was born on Valentines Day.
On Monday, Miranda detailed the multiple injuries found on the babys body. He said Brianna had 11 human bite marks in varied stages of healing, multiple bruises, fractures to two right ribs, three skull fractures, swelling of the brain and signs of shaken baby syndrome. Brianna also had fractures to both legs, an injury experts say is commonly caused by picking up the child with a quick, jerking motion by the legs.
Investigators will obtain dental impressions to determine who made the bite marks.
In court records, Walters admitted to biting Brianna, but said he "did not take a chunk out of her." Walters said his 18-month-old son also bit the baby. He said that Stephanie Lopez also bit and pinched her when she became frustrated with Brianna.
According to Miranda, Walters and Steven Lopez were drinking beer Thursday night when they began to toss Brianna into the air, hitting her head on the ceiling and at least twice failing to catch her before she hit the floor. 
Stephen Lopez told investigators that he had drunk 10 beers from a case that Walters admitted buying.
Stephanie Lopez said she had about three beers, then fell asleep. The next morning, she told investigators, she found Brianna on the floor and was unable to wake her.
Walters said when Stephanie Lopez asked what happened to Brianna, he told her "we played a little rough with her last night."
Miranda said additional charges will be filed.
"There are definite signs of neglect and failure to protect," he said.
The three defendants were arraigned Monday, and bond was set at $250,000 each, Miranda said.
Miranda said it is the worst case of child abuse he has seen in his law enforcement career.
"Brianna has been the most severe," Miranda said. "This is a difficult case that is complex to work." 
The investigation and what it has revealed has been emotional for the officers working on the case. Miranda said counselors were brought in Monday night to help them deal with the case.
"When you have parents hurting children, you have a lot of emotions," Miranda said.
Sheriffs records show no child abuse reports made at the home. Miranda said there have been domestic disturbance calls, but none involving children.
The two other children, Briannas 18-month-old brother and 8-year-old uncle, are in protective custody. Miranda said the children have no visible signs of neglect or abuse.
Miranda said while law enforcement, medical personnel and teachers are required to report suspected child abuse, it is the communitys duty to do the same.

Timeline of events according to police documents

Thursday night, July 18th, at 6 p.m., Andy Walters stopped to buy a case of beer, and headed home to 5243 Comanche Trail in Las Cruces. 

Three people-- Walters, 21, Stephanie Lopez, 19, and her twin brother Steven Lopez, 19, drink through the evening. 

Stephanie went to bed after about three beers. According to court documents, Andy Walters and Steven Lopez admitted to playing with Stephanie and Walters's 5-month old daughter, Brianna. 

Police records show that Walters and Lopez threw the child into the air, causing her to hit her head on the ceiling 3 times, then dropped her twice on the floor. 

Andy Walters told investigators that Brianna was conscious and crying. 

At around 12:30 a.m., Friday morning, Andy Walters fell asleep not knowing where Brianna was. 

At three in the morning, Walters says he awoke to find Brianna on the floor near the bed. He said he wrapped her in a blanket and put her in a bouncer. 

By 7 a.m., Brianna needed a diaper change. Stephanie Lopez asked about the bruises on Brianna, and according to court documents, Walters admitted that he and Steven Lopez "played a little rough with her". 

Walters changed the diaper and took a baby wipe, wrapped it around his index finger and inserted it into brianna's anus. 

The complaint also states Andy Walters admitted he bit Brianna on several occasions, but he told Dona Ana County Sheriff's Deputies he is not not the only family member to bite Brianna. 

Walters also told authorites that Stephanie Lopez pinched and threw Brianna out of frustration. 

The uncle, Steven Lopez, admits to throwing Brianna in the air and not catching her. Steven Lopez claims to have drunk ten beers the previous night. 

During his interview with Sheriff's Deputies, Steven Lopez admitted to having sex with Brianna Lopez. (she was 5 months old!!!) Adding that he, as well as Andy Walters, had penetrated Brianna on several different occasions.

By 10 a.m., July 19th, Stephanie Lopez checks on her daughter, notices Brianna is not breathing, and she calls 9-1-1. 

11:10 am, Friday July 19th, five month old Brianna Lopez dies at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. 

Autopsy results show Brianna Lopez had 11 bite marks on her body, broken ribs, skull fractures, bleeding of the optic nerves and brain swelling. 





WARNING: Contains graphic and highly disturbing details:
This child abuse story is about a 5-month-old little girl named Brianna Lopez. On July 19, 2002 Baby Brianna passed away. Her father and uncle would toss her in the air and not catch her. They sexually assaulted her. Her uncle raped her. They bit her. Her mother threw her, bit her and pinched her. She was bruised and beaten. Her grandmother and another uncle knew about the abuse but didn't do anything. Brianna also had several broken bones. She had bleeding from the brain, broken ribs, bucket handle fractures, all signs of shaken baby syndrome. They beat and raped her time and time again. Her mother "fell asleep" while they killed Brianna.

Her mother's boyfriend, Andy Walters, got 57 years in prison. Her uncle, the mother's twin brother, Steven Lopez, got 51 years. Her mother, Stephanie Lopez, got 27 years. Her grandmother and other uncle got 60 days in jail. Remember all those who read this, Brianna was beaten and bruised from head to toe and nobody could help her.

Brianna is buried in Albuquerque, New Mexico. When people kept visiting her grave, her family built a metal gate around her grave and locked it shut.

Anyone who reads this, you might become saddened or go in a rage. That baby did nothing to deserve that. This should happen to no child.

Two Year Anniversary of the Day Caylee Anthony Vanished

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Today is the 2 year mark of the day that Caylee Anthony vanished from the lives of those who knew and loved her. It is also the two year mark of the day that her mother personified the selfish, spoiled brat that we know as her now, Casey Marie Anthony. While it is not the day that we would normally call an anniversary in the normal sense of the term, it is a day that marks two years of lies, deception, unbelievable irreverence to little Caylee's memory, a day that no one but her own mother knew she was no longer here on this earth. Her grandparents, while I can't say this for a fact, may have also known to a degree what was going on, and simply realized a month later that they could no longer cover up Casey's act of greed and selfishness, without the world around them pointing fingers at not only their daughter, but possibly at themselves as well. This is only speculation on my part, mind you, but I feel like there's enough lies and covering up done by George and Cindy Anthony to speak for itself.
Caylee Anthony was a beautiful child. Her precious face captured the hearts of America, but only after she vanished. There is so much more that this beautiful child could have become. Instead, thanks to the inexplainable behavior of her closest family members, she has become another sad statistic, and an example of what thousands of other abused children must go through every day. This is something that only we, the people of America, can change. These are our children, grandchildren, next door neighbor's children, nieces, nephews, students, and friends. Together, we can stop child abuse, if we just open our mouths and take the right actions.

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When a Child Goes Missing.....

The statistics are unbelievable. The horror stories just keep getting worse. The pathetic state of how many children are missing each and every day in the United States alone is overwhelming. It is said that a child disappears every forty (yes, that's right, 40) seconds in this country alone. That is over 2100 children that disappear every single day here in the United States. These statistics are from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. (Otherwise known as OJJDP). It has also been estimated that up to another 500,000 may go missing each year without EVER being reported. 
How can that possibly be? Why would someone NOT report a missing child? 
Surely there are others in that child's life that would realize that that child is no longer actively being seen! A teacher, a neighbor, a grandparent, an aunt or uncle, a sibling even. There is just no logical answer for such a thing to occur. 
 The following information is taken from the Missing and Murdered children blog, at this link: http://missingandmurderedchildren.facesofthemissing.org/2010/02/how-you-can-help-when-a-child-goes-missing/ This guest post is contributed by Brooklyn White, who writes on the topic of Forensic Science Technician Programs. She can be reached at brookwhite26-AT-Gmail.com.
This details ways you can help when a child vanishes:

It’s one of the worst things that could happen to any parent; it’s sometimes a fate worse than death because while death brings closure, knowing that your child is missing and not knowing what happened to them torments more than you would think possible. Parents of missing children are in a quandary of the worst kind – they are in a sort of limbo that is hard to get out of. They don’t know if they must mourn the loss of their child or continue to hope that they will be found soon, and this dilemma tears them apart and does not let them heal and go on with their lives. If you know someone whose child is missing, you can help in various ways, some of which are detailed below:

• Don’t intrude: There are times when people whose children are lost want to be left alone; they don’t want to repeat the details of the horror they have faced to every person who comes calling, whether out of curiosity or even if it is to help. So know when you’re intruding on their privacy and when they need to be left to themselves. Also, don’t take it the wrong way when they ask you to leave because they wish to be alone with their thoughts and misery.
• Don’t judge: People have different ways to cope with grief, so just because your idea of coping does not coincide with theirs, don’t judge the parents of missing children. Be of help in any way you can, but don’t think that this gives you the right to decide if what they do is morally or ethically right or wrong. Be supportive without judging what they say or what they do.
• Help out: There are various ways you can help parents of missing children – by looking after their other children, taking care of routine activities like cooking and cleaning, driving their kids to school and other activities like soccer or softball, and others. In short, your time and efforts spent on helping to provide them with a sense of normalcy will go a long way in alleviating their anxiety.
• Understand: Parents of missing children are bound to behave irrationally, have extreme mood swings, and sink into a depression because they are worried about their child and because they are under a great deal of stress. So understand their psyche and don’t take it personally if you’re at the receiving end of their bad moods.
• Cooperate with law enforcement: And finally, you must cooperate with law enforcement officials without hiding any information, even if it means people you know are going to be accused or come under suspicion. You must do all you can to help find the missing child at the earliest, because the more time goes by, the less the chances of finding him/her alive.

In recent past, we have been made aware of some of the most high profile missing children's cases in years. Caylee Anthony, Haleigh Cummings, Elizabeth Olten, Somer Thompson, just to name a very few. The list could go on for pages and pages. But remember, there are hundreds more cases out there just like these, and every single child deserves to be able to be brought home safely. 


This information is for parents, and was taken from the missing and exploited children's website. 

ACT IMMEDIATELY if you believe that your child is missing.

Download the Quick Reference Guide for Families in English or Spanish.

What to Do:

• If your child is missing from home, search the house checking closets, piles of laundry, in and under beds, inside large appliances, and inside vehicles, including trunks—wherever a child may crawl or hide.

• If you still cannot find your child, immediately call your local law enforcement agency.

• If your child disappears in a store, notify the store manager or security office. Then immediately call your local law-enforcement agency. Many stores have a Code Adam plan of action— if a child is missing in the store, employees immediately mobilize to look for the missing child.

• When you call law enforcement, provide your child's name, date of birth, height, weight, and any other unique identifiers such as eyeglasses and braces. Tell them when you noticed that your child was missing and what clothing he or she was wearing.

• Request that your child's name and identifying information be immediately entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Missing Person File.

• After you have reported your child missing to law enforcement, call theNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) on our toll-free telephone number: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). Or you can use our Live Hotline to talk to NCMEC through our web site.

The following information is from When a Child goes missing blog as well. Please- read carefully, and make note of the organizations listed here:

Disclaimer: The listed Resources are for informational purposes only. No compensation is received from them nor is any endorsement implied.

• Amanda Brown Foundation

The Amanda Brown Foundation was formed to educate others about the dangers of child abductions and to provide families with resources, information and comfort during a crisis.

• AMBER Alert

A site by the Department of Justice that provides information on AMBER alerts, Public Service Announcements, a child safety guide, news, and a toolkit for raising awareness about missing children.

• Association of Missing & Exploited Children Organization

AMECO is an organization of member agencies in the United States and Canada who provide services to families with missing and exploited children.

• Angel Safe Foundation

Provides information on missing children, child safety tips, and memorials.

• BairFind

Dennis Bair, a former minor league baseball player has an organization, BairFind. They put on autograph sessions at minor league baseball games in which the players sign team photos for the fans in attendance. There is a picture of a missing child in the upper corner of the team photo, along with that child’s vital information. The idea is that fans – especially kids – actually keep the signed pictures of their favorite players and teams. This leads to prolonged exposure of the missing child’s image, and a greater chance of recovery!

• Beary Special Kids

A site dedicated to assisting in the recovery of missing children. A weekly newsletter with children’s pictures is published via email.

• Beyond Missing

Beyond Missing provides law enforcement agencies with a secure, Internet based system to create and distribute missing child flyers to law enforcement, the media, and public and private recipients. There is no cost to agencies for this service and no proprietary hardware or software required.

• California Missing Children Clearinghouse

Maintains a toll free telephone hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week to receive information and inquiries regarding missing children. It relays this information to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.

• Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation

The Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Fund has been established to provide resources to families without economic means to offer rewards for information to help law enforcement officials locate missing loved ones and to bring violent criminals to justice.

• The Center to Prevent Lost Children™ (CLCP)

The Center to Prevent Lost Children™ (CLCP) is the leading authority in the collection and dissemination of critical information that prevents kids from getting lost – and that helps find them quickly when it happens. CLCP was founded by Family Safety Expert, Alyssa Dver in 2007. After 4 years of research and working with Boston area communities, Dver realized the tremendous need to make the general public aware and proactive about lost child prevention.

• The Charley Project

The Charley Project is a website profiling over 4,000 “cold case” missing persons cases mainly from the United states. The website does not actively investigate cases; it is merely a publicity vehicle for cases which are often neglected by the press and forgotten all too soon.

• Abduction Prevention

Child abduction prevention tips.

• Child Abduction Resource Center

A multilingual site of resources for parents dealing with child abduction.

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  Child Crisis Network

Online missing children agency.

• Child Find of America, Inc.

National not for profit charity that locates missing children through active investigation, prevents child abduction through education, and resolves incidents of parental abduction through mediation.

• A Child is Missing

Fort Lauderdale based nonprofit organization for locating missing children, the disabled and elderly during the first hours of disappearance. The A Child Is Missing alert program is called on by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation seeking assistance in locating missing children.

• Child Protection Education of America

Seeks to address the problem of missing and exploited children. Missing children cases, safety tips for children and their parents, and hotline.

• Child Safety Team

The Child Safety Team, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. They are committed to assisting parents in protecting their children and they work very hard to make all of their resources available at a very low cost. Their goal is to make this information available to all parents.

• Child Search

A free, full service site to assist the families of missing children.

• Child Search National Missing Children Center

Child Search is a Ministry to families of missing and exploited children. Under certain circumstances the Center also helps families of missing adults.

• Child Watch

This site includes cases of missing children, safety and abduction prevention information, recovered children stories, and child I.D. event information.

• Cobra Missing Children Network

How to find, search for, and return kidnapped, runaway and missing children. Founded in 1979. Chartered by the State of Ohio.

• Code Amber

Provides web site owners with a JavaScript news feed ticker that displays active Amber Alerts on their web pages. The ticker contains all pertinent information about the victim, the law enforcement agency issuing the alert and contact information for reporting sightings. Any available information about the perpetrator is also displayed.

• Committee For Missing Children

Newsletter, events, photos of missing children, and other information for parents of missing children.

• CUE Center for Missing Persons

Community United Effort (CUE) is a non-profit organization that provides service to families who suffer a missing loved one, law enforcement agencies and Search & Rescue of the lost, young and old.

• Cyber Tipline

The cyber tipline handles leads from individuals reporting the sexual exploitation of children .

• Dignity Memorial® Escape School®

It is an abduction prevention program that empowers children and parents by providing them with ways to recognize, avoid or escape potentially dangerous situations. Designed to be a catalyst for home-based instruction, parents are encouraged to attend the hour-long presentation with their children so they can reinforce the knowledge that leads to smart choices.

• The DOE Network

The Doe Network is a volunteer organization devoted to assisting Law Enforcement in solving cold cases 9 years and older concerning Unexplained Disappearances and Unidentified Victims from North America, Australia and Europe. It is our mission to give the nameless back their names and return the missing to their families.

• Don’t You Forget About Me

The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), in collaboration with the Find Madeleine Campaign and with the generous support of YouTube, has created this channel to help reunite missing children with their families.

• Ekamtech

Ekamtech built these sites as a public service, to contribute to missing adults and children being repatriated with their families and to display the powerful features of mapping technologies.

Missing Adults Map and Missing Kids Map uses the Google Maps API together with information from the National Center for Missing Adults (NCMA) and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to display a current map of the origins of missing adults and children in the United States and Canada.

• The Families of Missing Loved Ones

The Families of Missing Loved Ones serves as a model to the community and a resource for law enforcement-providing awareness in the community; support for other families who need assistance with the search for their missing loved one; and education to the public about the issues related to missing persons.

• The Family Watchdog

Family Watchdog is a free service that allows you to locate the sex offenders in your area. A map will be shown with additional information available about the offender.

• Finders Hope.org

Finder’s Hope, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing Hope to those with a Missing loved one through Direct Support and Services, Advocacy, and Education and Awareness.

• Florida UnIdentified Decedents Database

As Medical Examiners, we all have cases in our offices in which the decedent remains unidentified. Our belief is that even though a cause and manner of death have been established, these cases are “perpetually pending.” This website was created to provide a central clearinghouse to family, friends or police searching for a missing person.

• First Gov Site

Information for parents of missing children.

• Fraser Valley Missing Children and Teens

View pictures of missing children and teenagers in the Fraser Valley, BC, Canada.

• Gabriels Gifts.org

Gabriel’s Gifts helping families find lost children.

• Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation

The Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation has been established to help children in crisis. Our children are our last hope in this world.There is an evil that preys on the innocence of these precious souls and the Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation is a result of one man’s struggle with this evil which has claimed his daughter’s life. We cannot get rid of this evil…but we can contain it, so that our children can be free.

• Keeping the Light On

Compassionate support forum for the parents of missing or abducted children.

• Kid Protection Network

A resource for community safety for children. Information, support letters, pamphlets, links.

• Kid Search Network

Provides free child ID kits, child safety information, missing children statistics and legislation, as well as child abduction prevention articles.

• Laura Recovery Center Foundation

A nonprofit foundation that works to assist communities when faced with an abducted child and prevent child abductions.

• Marsha’s Missing Children Page

Support for parents of missing children and links to national resource pages.

• Missing & Exploited Children at Bella Online

The MEC @ BellaOnline.com is a resource for children, parents, and the community to help teach children how to stay safe and find resources to help locate children.

• Missing Children at Woman’s World

Preventative tips, action to take if your child is abducted, statistics and links.

• Missing Children Resources

Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites for information and resources concerning missing and runaway children.

• Missing Children (South Africa)

This site has to do with one aspect of crime and that is against South Africa’s youth and especially those that easily fall prey to unscrupulous and evil people. This website is the first project undertaken by Real South Africa.co.za aimed at limiting crime; or at least trying to reduce the impact.

• Missing Children Society of Canada

Non profit agency operating since 1986 offering investigative services. Experienced in missing, abducted or runaway children.

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  Missing Kids Clearing House

A site of missing children who do not get much publicity, or are cold cases.

• Monkeysee

In this video series, Nancy McBride, the National Safety Director for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children answers questions regarding personal child safety on topics ranging from the Internet, School safety, Holiday safety, and information about child identification. The Q&A provides helpful tips and tools for parents and guardians to help keep their children safer.

• Morgan Nick Foundation

Works to recover missing children across the United States and serves as a support team to families and a liaison to law enforcement. Includes a tribute to the 6 year old namesake abducted in 1995.

• National Center for Missing Adults (NCMA)

A resource site dedicated to abduction prevention, recovery, and support.

• National Centre For Missing Children

A non profit, non governmental organization in India providing free services to the parents of missing kids. Online resources include searchable database of missing children.

• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s® (NCMEC) mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.

• National Crime Information Center (NCIC)

Should law enforcement determine your child is missing, make sure they enter them into NCIC.The purpose for maintaining the NCIC system is to provide a computerized database for ready access by a criminal justice agency making an inquiry and for prompt disclosure of information in the system from other criminal justice agencies about crimes and criminals. This information assists authorized agencies in criminal justice and related law enforcement objectives, such as apprehending fugitives, locating missing persons, locating and returning stolen property, as well as in the protection of the law enforcement officers encountering the individuals described in the system.

• The National Runaway Switchboard

Our mission at the National Runaway Switchboard is to help keep America’s runaway and at-risk youth safe and off the streets.

• Nebraska State Missing Persons Clearinghouse

On May 25, 2005, National Missing Children’s Day, the Nebraska Unicameral passed LB111, Jason’s Law, establishing the Missing Person’s Clearinghouse. Jason’s Law was created by the family of Jason Jolkowski, of Omaha. Jason was 19 years old when he disappeared from in front of his Omaha home on June 13, 2001. Jason remains one of the missing. His picture and information appear on the Missing Person’s Clearinghouse. The clearinghouse will serve as a central repository for information on missing persons to include missing children. The information is collected and disseminated to assist law enforcement agencies, public and private organizations and the citizens of Nebraska in locating missing persons.

• New York State Missing and Exploited Children Clearinghouse

Information on missing kids in New York state.

• NetSmartz

The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource to teach kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.

• Operation Cyber Tip

Operation Cyber Tip was founded in 2007 as an online resource to help bring awareness to missing children cases and teach people how they can help too. We will use our site to create a network of email lists and RSS feeds to bring out the infromation on missing child cases to the world by use of the internet. It’s more important now then ever before to help our children and to not let these cases disappear into the back of our minds.

• Our Missing Children

Multifaceted program that includes the RCMP’s Missing Children’s Registry.

• Outpost For Hope

A nonprofit organization for families of those lost to the streets. Message boards, flyers, resources and inspirational materials.

• The Polly Klaas Foundation

Foundation for Prevention of child abduction, and aid in the search.

• Project Find

Will help find missing children and adults for free.

• Project Jason

” Our mission as a non profit organization is to create and increase public awareness of missing people through a variety of outreach and educational activities. Project Jason seeks to bring hope and assistance to families of the missing by providing resources and support.”

• Project Safe Kids

Project Safekids is a not for profit community service organization dedicated to creating awareness of the dangers that face our children and families daily.

• Power of Parents

Duracell® and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) have developed the Power of Parents program — a nationwide child safety preparedness program designed to help families protect their children. The program helps to dispel the most common safety myths and remind families of the importance of keeping an up-to-date photo of their child.

• Rachel Alert Network

The Rachel Alert Network, or RAN, is a charitable organization which helps prevent abductions through awareness education and provides information to friends and families of abducted persons. The Rachel Alert Network sponsors M.U.S.T. women’s self-defense and awareness seminars.

• radkids

radKIDS, Inc. is committed to providing education that enhances the ability of children, parents, and families to utilize knowledge, skills, and power to protect themselves from violence and harm.

• Sam and Lindsey Support Center

In memory of Sam and Lindsey Porter, the mission is to improving the Amber Alert system, establish financial support for families of missing persons and develop counseling for those dealing with the stress of missing children cases.

• SHG Resources: Missing and Exploit Children

Links to resources that provide parents with the tools needed to protect and safeguard their children. Check photographs and files on missing children.

• Take Root

Take Root’s mission is to respond to parental abduction by facilitating healing, providing knowledge, and raising public issue awareness from the perspective of the abducted child. The Take Root Support & Advocates Network was established to enable abducted children to tell their stories while providing a new knowledge-base for the development of Educational Resources for impacted families and the professionals who assist them.

• TamaraBrooks.org

Tamara Brooks sponsors the Tamara Brooks Fund and speaks out on the Amber Alert System to help victims of childhood violence.

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  Texas Equusearch

The Texas Equusearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team was started in August 2000, with the purpose to provide volunteer horse mounted search and recovery for Lost and Missing persons. Our resources range from horse and rider teams to foot searchers, water (divers, boats) air (planes, helicopters), dog teams (air scent, cadaver and tracking) and 4×4 vehicles. We have also utilized infrared cameras in some of our searches.

• The Tommy Foundation

We at the Tommy Foundation feel that one child missing is one child too many. Through donations, we are helping to bring public awareness, empowering communities on what to do if a child is missing, and dispensing child safety information. Our mission is to save or protect child victims. We also give victim impact presentations to Law Enforcement trainings.

• Too Old To Be a Missing Child

What happens when a young person goes missing, but is over the age of 18? Many agencies that assist in the search for younger kids won’t get involved.

• United Response Search and Rescue Team

United Response Search and Rescue Team will provide search and recovery crisis intervention service for missing and abducted children and adults of all ages and backgrounds

• Vanished Children’s Alliance

Established organization which provides services in the prevention, location, recovery and reunification of missing and abducted children since 1980.

• Wander-Wear

Wander Wear® Inc.’s mission is to prevent kids from getting lost by developing practical information and affordable product solutions. Wander Wear Family Safety Experts regularly speak to the media and at parent, grandparent, and caregiver events to share tips that any caregiver can use to keep kids safe in public places such as malls, amusement parks, beaches, and airports.

Below, is a table from the FBI- children that have been murdered since 1998 right here in the USA:
(Source: 

 Puzzanchera, C. and Kang, W. (2008). "Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports: 1980-2006." Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezashr/

Data source: Federal Bureau of Investigation. Supplementary Homicide Reports 1980-2006 [machine-readable data files].)

Count	0 to 5	6 to 11	12 to 14	15 to 17	Total
1998	609	137	134	514	1,394
1999	576	129	115	470	1,290
2000	541	106	115	368	1,130
2001	600	118	81	353	1,153
2002	534	128	100	379	1,142
2003	559	106	74	357	1,096
2004	518	95	92	350	1,055
2005	523	102	92	410	1,126
2006	519	100	107	423	1,150
Total	4,980	1,023	909	3,623	10,535