According to the report, 20,617 people were documented as missing in 2022. 15,555 were children.
By the end of 2022, officials say, a total of 14,940 of those missing children were recovered safely. Four were found deceased.8,525 cases involved a runaway, where a child left a home without permission and stays away overnight.
34 cases involved abduction from a noncustodial parent, where a parent, other family member or another person acting on behalf of a parent keeps or conceals a child, depriving another individual of custody or visitation rights.Police issued 11 AMBER Alerts and four Endangered Missing Child Alerts throughout Ohio, where all were found safe.
“Nothing terrifies a parent more than the thought of losing a child,” Yost said. “Thankfully, when a child goes missing, Ohio law enforcement rises to the task and often quickly reunites missing kids. My heart is with the parents whose child hasn’t yet come home.”
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