While the fear of being kidnapped may persist for one’s entire life, in 2022 the number of missing persons under the age of 21 was much higher than those 21 and over, with 206,371 females under 21 reported missing, and 64,956 females over the age of 21 reported missing.
Why people go missing
There are many reasons why people go missing; some are kidnapped, some purposefully go missing - in order to escape abuse, for example - and some, usually children, are runaways. What persists in the imagination when thinking of missing persons, however, are kidnapping victims, usually due to extensive media coverage of child kidnappings by the media.
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FBI. (February 2, 2023). Number of NCIC missing persons files in the United States in 2022, by age and gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/240387/number-of-missing-persons-files-in-the-us-by-age/
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