Child Abduction Many parents do everything in their power to protect their children from anything or anyone but sometimes that’s just not enough because seven to ten children will walk away with a stranger despite being told by a parent or any adult but with that being said it brings me to the topic of child abduction. The united states are known for the most child abductions in the world. In the united states estimated 800,000 children are reported missing there is only 97% that are found alive. Every 40 seconds a child will be abducted in the united states. The first three hours are the most critical. In 2001 840,279 children and adults were taking away from their families. About 85% of those were children. Children are the easiest to take …show more content…
She said “The next nine months, my days consisted of being hungry, of being bored to death because he talked nonstop always about himself”, She said “I mean, talk about self-absorbed. And then my days consisted of being raped. I mean, not once just once but, but multiple times a day.” (Elizabeth) Even though she was such a strong and smart girl her story came with some awful things. "Every time I thought 'OK, this is rock bottom,' I mean, my pajamas have been taken away from me and I'm being forced to wear this nasty robe, the next thing I knew they'd say, 'We're going to have you go naked now,' or I had been forced to drink alcohol, which I had never done before,"(Elizabeth) she told Cooper. "I would throw up and I would pass out and when I'd wake up I'd find that my face and my hair was just crusted to the ground in vomit. I mean, just every time I thought it couldn't get worse, something always happened."(Elizabeth) One day she woke up and decided that she was going to be a survivor and see her family again. So on March 12, 2002 she was rescued and reunited with her family. But with that being said not all children are abducted by pedophiles. More Common abductions are by family members. 150 children are abducted by a mom or dad every day. The incentive for family abduction are frequently caused by custody problems and divorce is an issue also. Normally it has a lot to do with getting back at …show more content…
In 2005 Joshua who is 35 and Sharyn 34 lost custody of their children after they were arrested after drug charges. After they were out from jail they went to the grandparents’ house who at that time had custody over the kids and tied the grandparents up and abused her and kidnaped the kids from them and fled the country on a boat to Cuba and that’s where they were found and took back to jail and took the kids back to the grandparents where they are now safe and sound. Next we have Polly Foundation who lost her kids one evening to the father who had no custody of them. For four years after that she searched for her children ever where by putting 30,000 flyers and placing their pictures all over the town. After all the searching she finally found her kids but that was not the end of the adventure the father had told them that their mom no longer wanted them and they had not seen any medical attention in over four years. The children and the mom will have a long journey ahead of them. Next is Elizabeth Fritzel was a was young girl who lived in a basement for 24years along with her two other brothers after her father kidnapped her and kept her down there. They had been down there so long they had figured out how to communicate with animal like sounds. After their family found out about what was going on they contacted the police and rescued them. Next We have the girl named Gene who spent all of 13 years locked in a very small room. She was born
I want to have 4 children one day. Two girls and two boys. My children could be vulnerable to sex trafficking if I don’t teach them the dangers of what a conniving, charming, and manipulative person could do by turning them no longer into a friend but a product that is bought and sold for sex. According to Equality Now about 18,000 people in the US and 20.9 million people worldwide adults and children are bought and sold due to sex trafficking. That means one out of forty-three people will be bought and sold into sex trafficking in the US alone and I do not want that one to be any of you. Slavery in any form makes me sick to think about. Sex trafficking is one that upsets me the most. The buying and selling of humans for a sexual and torturous purpose should without a doubt looked upon in a stricter light. Together we need to shed light on this dark topic and know the warning signs of a pimp and of a victim so we can stop something that to the subject seems impossible to stop.
A child being kidnapped is a parent’s worst nightmare. This happens to thousands of parents each year. For this, we have a system called, AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response). This system has been around for almost twenty one years, saving hundreds of lives.
In 1998, Kamiyah Mobley was kidnapped right after birth from her 16 year old mother. A woman in disguise had come into the room telling her she needed to take the baby and check her temperature for a fever. When she took the baby, doctors and people in the hospital had said they haven’t seen her at all. The grandmother of Kamiyah Mobley immediately called the cops. They put out posters of the baby year after year, with a $250,000 reward if found. 18 years later, she was found. But this young South Carolina woman’s life was turned inside out Friday when the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and FBI told her that the people she knew as family weren’t, and that Gloria Bolden Williams, the woman she called Mom for the last 18 years,
In Texas, the fall of 1996, Lauren Kavanaugh, a three year old, was taken away from her adoptive parents and she was given back to her biological mother and stepfather. Lauren was separated from her siblings and put into a locked closet which became her home for the next five years. Lauren was physically, mentally, and emotionally abused by her mother and step-father. She was only allowed to eat what was in the closet. In 2001, when Lauren was eight, she was rescued. Lauren is now 21 years old, and she told her story to the media. Children are being abused every day.
The tragic case of two-year-old Caylee Anthony reveals the devastating consequences that murders can have on victims and their families. Caylee was an innocent toddler that lived with her mother, Casey Anthony and her maternal grandmothers, Cindy and George. On July 15, 2008 a call to 911 was sent in by Caylee’s grandmother Cindy, reporting that she hasn’t seen Caylee in 31 days and that the toddler’s mother’s car smelled like a dead body has been inside it. The toddler’s mother gave varied explanations on where her daughter was located but then admitted she hasn’t seen her in weeks. She told police that she left Caylee at her nanny’s apartment and when she returned, they were both missing. Detectives found discrepancies in a signed statement she made about Caylee’s disappearance. Casey’s friends and family had never heard of Gonzales, and detectives later found the nanny never existed. The apartment Casey and Caylee were supposed to be living with was found to be vacant for more than 140 days. On December 11, 2008, Caylee 's body was found in a blanket inside a trash bag in a wooded area near the child’s home. Investigative reports and trial testimony found duct tape near the front of the skull] and on the mouth of the toddler. In result, Casey Anthony was charged on October 2008 with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and four counts of providing false information to police.
Rita Price, writer for The Columbus Dispatch, recounts a horrific story about siblings who suffered numerous accounts of abuse. After being beaten with baseball bats, burned with irons, starved, and forced to drink their own urine, the Ferguson children were finally able to come forward and testify against their adoptive parents in order to send them to prison. The children did not believe they had a voice, and the abuse went unnoticed for years. The Ferguson children, along with many others in similar situations, do not feel they have anyone to turn to. After going through foster care systems and the adoption process, the children had already experienced large amounts of change and stress, only to be left with negligent parents. In
In the residential Tremont neighbourhood of Cleveland, Ohio between the years 2002 – 2004, three girls – Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Georgia (Gina) DeJesus – were kidnapped. All three girls had accepted a ride home of a man named Ariel Castro, but instead of driving the girls home, he drove them to his own house, where he lured them inside took them to the basement and then restraint them. For the next eleven to nine years he kept the three girls at his house which was located at 2207 Seymour Avenue, Tremont, Cleveland, Ohio, which was approximately three miles away from the site of the abductions.
A child being kidnapped is a parent’s worst nightmare. This happens to thousands of parents each year. For this, we have a system called, AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response). This system has been around for almost 21 years and saved hundreds of lives.
Have you married somebody that brought their child with them into the relationship? It’s possible that you are looking to become the child’s legal guardian. This may happen if your spouse feels like you now play a big role in the child’s life, and want to make the bond between the two of you special. Unfortunately, adopting a stepchild is not easy to do when there is a biological parent that is alive, even if they are not around to care for their child. Adoption will terminate the other parent’s legal rights. These three methods can help you adopt the child.
AMBER Alerts are issued after law enforcement determines that there has been abduction. Law enforcement must believe that the missing child is in danger of harm. An Alert can only be issued by law enforcement. Abductions by strangers are the most dangerous and are the primary mission of the Alert. AMBER Alerts are issued for children under the age of seventeen. Each state has its own age limits, but the majority uses seventeen as the cut off. Descriptive information is given of the missing child, the abductor, and the abductor’s vehicle used in the abduction. The missing child’s name is placed into the National Crisis Information Center (NCIC) system. Not only is the AMBER Alert named after Amber Hagerman, but AMBER also stands for America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (Child Abduction, AMBER Alert, and Crime Control Theater).
Sex trafficking is becoming more of a problem as time moves on. Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harbouring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act, in which the commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion [Internet Safety 101]. Sex trafficking is increasing due to the evolution of modern day social services and sources. From safety sources, it is the second fastest growing criminal industry, [Internet Safety 101]. Increasingly, sex trafficking is coming about due to the evolution of the internet and the improved ability of GPS tracking. On social media, many people find other people and try to be their friend, even if they don't know who they are. This provides opportunities for fake people to create more of a problem. The internet is providing different advertising places that can increase the effect of sex trafficking and lure in citizens to becoming victims. Sex trafficking has to come to an end for the safety of citizens, for the safety of their pride and dignity.
One of my all time favorite musicals as I was growing up was alway Annie, about a sweet little orphan who through determination and a little positivity found a better life. But has happened to orphans nowadays, you don’t exactly drive by your neighborhood orphanage on your way to work. It seems that these children have disappeared, virtually falling off the face of the earth. Today they are called foster kids with families like my own housing them. The early foster system was established in the 1500s in order to care for children who were removed from their parents. Foster care was intended to be a short-term solution until the child is either adopted or reunited with their family. However, the average child will spend over two years waiting to be adopted. But the flaws in this system run much deeper, from mental disorders all the way to human trafficking. Human trafficking through the foster system is a dire problem that can not be neglected. We will examine this today by looking at three points; recognizing what the problem, understanding the pressure that they are under, and finally how you and i can help provide the promise of a new life
Imagine for a moment you are a normal man or woman. You have lots of friends, a spouse who you love, maybe children and pets too. You have a new co-worker at your job. This person has invited you to come to a party in the less safe part of town, but you accept anyways because you want to become friends with this person. The next thing you remember is waking up in a strange place, surrounded by strange people, they tell you you are to do everything they say or your family and friends will die. You will now be forced to perform sex acts, or forced to work for little to no money, and you won't be allowed to see your family ever again, with no way out unless someone from one of many organizations rescues you. People who are trafficked are used in many ways and for many reasons. Human trafficking victims can go to one of the many organizations for help.
A woman, named Dellena, was involved in sex trafficking business. She made a documentary titled, “Human Trafficking Survivor Story: Dellena, California,” where she shares her experience as a victim. As a little girl, her mother was very negative and always put her down. Her parents were divorced when Dellena was just a child. Not before long her mother remarried. Dellena’s new stepfather molested her and her sister at the age of seven. Soon after her parents remarried, she was put in the foster care system for five years and her mother never once came to see her. One day her mother showed up and told Dellena she was going home. Dellena said, “The reason my mother wanted me home was because my stepfather wanted me home because he liked twelve-year-old girls. That was the perfect age for him” (“Human Trafficking Survivor Story: Dellena, California”). After being molested again, she ran away from her home. On the streets she met a 21-year old, who took her
A. Child molestation is a national and worldwide problem. The effects of child molestation can affect an individual for a lifetime. The only way to stop sexual abuse is to be aware and be receptive to the figures and numbers, the truth of the matter is sexual abuse to children is a growing problem.