The media is filled with sensational stories concerning abducted children. Stories of runaways rarely are published or in some cases even addressed by law enforcement. However, the number of runaways far exceeds the number of abducted children.
Many also become victims but, the main difference is the runaway’s fate may never be included in missing child statistics. You can argue they place themselves in danger by running away but you can argue, in some recent child abductions, they too were placed in danger by their actions.
The California Department of Justice reported 112,015 missing children (runaways) in 2005 and 524,262 in the period of 2001-2005.
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