The FBI Cleveland office hosted an awareness event to help bring missing children home and educate families on child safety.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The FBI Cleveland office hosted an awareness event to help bring missing children home and educate families on child safety. Law enforcement agencies from around Northeast Ohio spent two hours at the Westown Square shopping center speaking with shoppers and distributing information about children who remain missing.
The event featured posters of missing children and offered families tips on how to protect their kids and talk to them about dangers. Officials said a child can be missing when the child has run away, is lost or has been abducted by a stranger, a family member or a non-custodial parent. In some cases, a family member who poses a risk to the child, such as a registered sex offender, may be involved.
“I think they can start by just being very involved in their kids’ lives, know who their friends are, know where they are, whether it’s by electronic means or just communication on day to day basis, pay attention to what they’re wearing every day,” Supervisory Special Agent Todd Krajeck of the FBI said. The FBI said someone has information that can help return these children. Officials stressed that any information, no matter how small, can help.
“Sometimes it’s the smallest detail, it’s knowing of a prior connection of these children they have had a former friend, a family member they were close to. They can be the smallest detail that you might not think is important, but you, as an investigator, I know the relevance of it and how they can really close the case,” Det. Randy Divis of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department said.
The FBI says research shows the quicker a disappearance or abduction is reported, the more likely the child will be returned unharmed. Anyone with information can contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST. Tips can be reported anonymously. Officials reminded families that if a child goes missing, even if they suspect the child ran away or disappeared under suspicious circumstances, they should report it as soon as they know.
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