Tag: MISSINGCHILDREN

Facebook is joining forces with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Department of Justice to broadcast Amber Alerts across the social network. Each state will soon have its own Amber Alert page, where concerned users will be able to find the latest updates on children who have gone missing in their areas. The official announcement is expected to come at a press ...

In October 1995, Faustino Utrera disappeared with his two children, who were just toddlers at the time. A few days after the kids vanished, Utrera called their mother, Prince Segala, to tell her that they were in Mexico and that she would never see her son and daughter again. The mother promptly went to the police in San Bernadino County, CA, but to no avail, and it wasn't until she consulted ...

With over 2,000 children reported missing every day, police authorities have had to develop new techniques to more effectively disseminate information about those who disappear. Among the most basic and traditional techniques, of course, is distributing a simple photo across everything from milk cartons to post offices. The terrain becomes trickier, though, when a child goes missing for several ...

While we do talk a lot about the dangers of Facebook, how it can alienate us from our fellow humans and cause overdoses of information (and the occasional stalker), every now and then a remarkable story about the power of connectivity crosses our desks. Twenty seven years ago, when British mother Avril Grube's ex-husband said he was taking their three-year-old son Gavin for a day trip, he ...