Two cents worth

This is an interesting article involving a murdered child in Indiana which discusses the issue of when to issue an Amber Alert.

Why are there 116 Amber Alert systems if there are only fifty states?

"...Each of the 116 Amber Alert systems throughout the country has its own rules for issuing notices, said Robert Hoever, director of special operations at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children..."

Why wouldn’t you issue an Amber Alert if family abductions represent the second largest category of missing children?

The Indiana system launched in 2002, does not typically allow alerts in child custody cases.