Most abductions are done by luring children into a vehicle rather thentaking them by force.

The FBI receives over 2,000 missing-child reports every day.

Another child becomes missing or is abducted every 40 seconds of every day, 24 hours each day, 365 days a year.

In 80% of abductions by strangers, the first contact occurs within a quarter mile of the child's home. In many cases the abduction does, too.

About 74% of the victims of non-family child abductions are girls. 15.

Teen-age girls are considered In the past 15 of the past 18 years, there has been an increase in the number of missing children. The increase in missing children since 1982 is 468%.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice the chance of your child being abducted is 1 in 42.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) estimates 725,000 children were reported missing in 2001. (The National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 mandates an immediate police report and NCIC entry in every case of a missing child.)