This is a branch-off of my post yesterday about the FBI's website of missing children and how they have only a small number of kids listed on there. I got some great comments on the post, including one from Votescam that mentioned the Polly Klaas foundation's website and their supposed Master List of missing Children.
The list is 15 pages long... maybe 150 kids listed total? HOW IN THE WORLD IS THIS THE MASTER LIST OF MISSING CHILDREN?
Link to the Polly Klaas Master List of Missing Children: Polly Klaas Master List of Missing Children
Who are these kids? Why are they on the list and 99.9% of missing kids are not?
One pro I can offer is that at least these kids went missing lately, unlike the FBI's list of kids, some of whom went missing in the 60's and 70's! Clearly listing kids who've gone missing recently will help more than listing kids who went missing 50 years ago.
I always use young kidnap victim Johnny Gosch as a test. He is still classified as a missing child, and you CAN IN FACT find him listed on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Website. But he is not on the Polly Klaas website's "master list of missing children." Why?
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SurfinMindWaves ago
Have any of you experienced this in your own life? Let me tell you, NO ONE will help you find a missing child. Unless of course for some reason the media has picked it up that week to make everyone believe that they do.
My son ran away as a teenager. Once they determine they have run away, you can just go fuck yourself because obviously you are a horrible parent and this is what you deserve. Long after my son returned on his own I found out that he had visited shelters in Portland OR and the officer in charge of his case KNEW this and didn't even tell me. When I asked why she just laughed. When I contacted police in Seattle they told me that they had in fact seen him and laughed about it and made jokes about how he was dressed. He was 14 years old.
Until you experience it yourself you believe that people out there have compassion and actually care about what can be happening to children on the streets. I know better now.
quantokitty ago
That's a horrific story. Didn't realize the authorities work against the parents.
Fourteen is way too young to be out on the streets. He was at risk the moment he left the safety of your home. Did you blog/FB these officials? Publicly shame them and ask them to respond in writing as to why they didn't report to you? Did you call these idiot's superiors and demand an explanation? File a complaint? I know it all sucks that you'd have to do that, but it sounds like it's needed. Maybe get a petition circulating demanding answers.
11-11 ago
I'm sure you mean well but if you think about the situation - the entrenched protocol law enforcement is following to literally make sure the parents are not informed even when the child is located? - protesting to $10/hr employees or even $60K employees? would not do any good.
Also, while this is going on, the parent would not have the time nor inclination to sit down and compose well written letters. Any letter would most likely come off as half cocked / angry. At that point, law enforcement could come after the parent as a "terrorist"
See the video here as to how the police used that excuse to run a guy out of town and steal his house! https://youtu.be/RbldHCutEbI?t=763YouTube
On that same side of the coin, if CPS is called, they will find a reason to take the child from the parents after the kid is found. They get big $ for that.
This is the same situation found in state after state. I do not know of any states where this is NOT the case
3141592653 ago
a lot of what you said at the beginning makes me think of Noreen Gosch
quantokitty ago
Oh, you're so right. Do nothing and let things get even worse.
That's how we got into this mess ... by people remaining silent. There are plenty of activist bloggers/independent media journalists who would love to help out.
My question is: Does shilling really pay that well? Do shills on Voat make extra money for being idiots?