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zoupSER ago

A little more in-depth, however we have known about the higher rate in Virginia. And it is suspect.

Thanks for looking into this further.

Pizza_agent ago

Yes, I know, the higher Virginia numbers are well known. But the problem was, these Virginia numbers are misleading, since they contain all current missing children and 95% of missing children are found within 3 years. Some guy even called the Virginia police department and asked them about the high numbers. They claimed, it was just because Virginia reports much faster on every case and like 90% - 95% of them are found, thats the reason for high numbers.

If you take it into account and remove the missing children for the last 3 years, Virginia is just nr. 13 countrywide on missing childs per capita for the last 30 years. So, the police claims seems to be legit, but in fact, its bs. If you look closer, there is an increase since 2006. For instance, in Fairfax county, between 1984-2005 (22 years) there is only one child missing. But between 2006-2013 (8 years) there are 12 childs missing.