In Florida, Kids in State Care Down; kids Missing from Child Welfare Up

While the number of children in Florida’s child welfare system is down, the number of kids missing has skyrocketed to 652, most of them runaway teens and youngsters snatched from foster care by their biological parents.

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Juvenile Runaways

The COPS latest POP Guide for police describes the problem of juvenile runaways and reviews its risk factors. It then identifies a series of questions to help analyze local juvenile runaway problems. While this document is written specifically for police, it can also be a useful resource for anyone who deals with runaways. 70 page pdf file.

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Runaway Held as Sex Slave

A 15-year-old teen runaway was held captive and tortured by a couple who forced her to have sex for money with people they found on the internet. The girl ran away in September and met the couple through a friend about three hours after she disappeared.

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