Teachers, judges, and fellow students, today, I am going to talk to you about amber alerts and code Adams. Where it originated, how they became, and what they are used for. An amber alert is a program that uses roadway signs , television broadcast and radio to announce that a child has been taken and for motorist and citizens to be on the alert. While a code Adam is a program that most public places use to help lock down a store or event when a child comes up missing it is used to lock all exits from anyone getting out or in a building. January 13, 1996, nine-year-old Amber Rene Hagerman was abducted while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas. That afternoon, Amber, and her brother were at their Grandparents house. Amber Hagerman, and her five-year-old brother, Ricky, pedaled their bicycles to an abandoned grocery store. This was a typical place for children to ride their bikes because it was an abandoned parking lot with lots of room to play and ride. Minutes later, Ricky turned to head back home, about a block away. Jim Kevil, a 78-year-old retiree, stood in his backyard not far...
On July 15th 2008, Caylee Anthony was reported missing by her grandmother, Cindy, who claimed that she had not seen her granddaughter in 31 days. Cindy called the police after picking up her daughter Casey’s impounded vehicle, which smelled strongly of a decomposing body. Cindy found a bag of garbage in the trunk of Casey’s car but no trace of a body. Cindy had attempted to contact and visit Caylee over the past month, but Casey Anthony refused visitation, claiming that Caylee was with a nanny named Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez, or at the beach or parks. Casey had given Cindy various explanations as to Caylee’s whereabouts before finally telling her mother that she had not seen Caylee for multiple weeks.
Also, children are more likely to be abducted by someone they know rather than someone they do not know. According to Jackson (2007), young children are likely to be abducted by someone they know because they are less likely to resist or verbally protest (p.523). Children are the last line of defense for abduction; however, children who are taught refusal skills can help prevent the abduction. Teaching about safety and security is a very important aspect of the program. Got 2B safe gave teachers the opportunity to provide their students with a positive and empowering lesson about personal safety. Children are dependent on adult figures for care; unfortunately, in a negative way, this exposes them to abduction. With the support and dedication of Honeywell, Peppercom, and other anti-abduction campaigns, educators have been given more time and resources to put an emphasis on child abduction
Scott Peterson was an educated man from California Polytechnic State University where he graduated with a B.A. in Agricultural Business. He was married to his wife Laci Peterson who was also pregnant with their unborn son. In December of 2002 Laci Peterson went missing in the Modesto, California area where she shared a home with Scott. Once the investigation of Scott’s missing wife started authorities began to suspect Scott as a suspect in her disappearance. In April of 2003 a fetus and a female torso that was missing hands, feet, and a head were found on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. The San Francisco Bay area was where Scott was boating the day of Laci’s disappearance. The body was later identified as Laci Peterson and the fetus as Laci and Scott’s unborn son. Scott was also arrested in the month of April shortly after the discovery of Laci and their son’s body and was later sentenced to the death penalty. Over the course of this paper I will cover the whole event of the disappearance of Laci Peterson, relating it to a sociological theory, the impact the event had on our society and how the media had influence over this national event.
In November of 1980 A young girl, 12 years old, named Christine Weller went missing. She would later prove to be one of Olson's first murder victims. Christine was abducted from her home in Surrey, BC. Her mutilated body ...
Alicia Pereira was the first. In 1972, five-year-old Alicia disappeared after her brother left her alone in a hotel lobby. One minute she was playing around, and the next she was gone. Rand was the prime suspect in this case. Although they never proved Andre killed her, little Alicia was never seen again. There isn't much to his next victim. Her name was Audrey Lyn Nerenberg, and she was 18 years old. Just like Alicia, Audrey was never seen again after the day she went missing in 1977. In 1981, Holly Ann Hughes, a seven-year-old girl did not return home after she went with a friend to get candy from a local store. Andre Rand saw Holly at the store, drove by her in his Volkswagen, pulled her in, and drove off. Holly’s parents filled out a Missing Person’s report. Unfortunately, they never got their daughter back. Why did Rand leave her friend? Who knows why. Tiahease Jackson, in 1983, was 11 years old when she went missing. She did not return home after her mother sent her to get groceries. Tiahease was last seen on August 14th, 1983. This was 12 days after Andre was released from a previous prison sentence. Like Alicia, Audrey, and Holly, Tiahease was never seen again. Henry was his oldest victim, at the age of 22. In 1984, Henry Gafforio disappeared. Some say, Henry was “slow.” Not physically slow, but mentally slow. He was last seen with Rand at a local diner. Now this next
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 was established because an American boy was abducted form a Florida shopping mall and was later found murdered. The act was signed into law by George W. Bush on July 27, 2006. This act is established to protect children from sexual exploitation and violent crime to prevent child abuse and child pornography to promote internet safety. This act is also known as the sex offender registration and notification act. It was established with the intention to strengthen laws related to child sexual predators. This law was instructed for each state and/or territory to apply criteria’s for posting offenders data on the internet.
Many things that happen in this world are scary and totally out of our control. Child abduction is a horrifying and life changing event that has terrified many children, parents and love ones. Child abduction is every parent's worst nightmare. It could happen in the grocery store, yard or even your child's school. The horrifying truth is that child abduction could happen almost anywhere in the world. However, the most crucial part about their whole experience can be once they’re rescued and brought back to their loved ones. Many survivors tend to feel unsafe and in most cases, and just can’t be the same person.
However, despite being regarded as unnecessary rumors by a section of the American society and government, many media people and houses reported harrowing incidents of murder, rape, carjacking and assaults. There were also media reports about a significant number of urban legends who sprouted at the height of the commotion brought about by Hurricane Katrina – systematic children rapists and a 7-year-old’s throat being slit. However, media reports aside, these contentions remain just that. Nevertheless, although a significant count of th...
The second case is of a married woman that already one child being kidnapped. She went into a clinic for a headache and ended up drugged and kidnapped. She ended up having to leave her child by the man behind when she escaped. Even though they know the man that kidnapped her, he will most likely never be prosecuted. She will probably never see her second child again either; it was the man’s only son.
Every 40 seconds in the United States, a child becomes missing or is abducted. Without knowing it, Jane Johnson was part of this statistic. Jane Johnson was living a normal life: going to high school, crushing on boys, eating dinner with her loving parents, until one day she recognized herself in a picture she had never seen before. The picture she saw was a “missing child” ad on the back of a milk carton. Jane then went on a pursuit to find the truth. She needed to find out if she had another family, and if she did, how she was diverted from them. In this report I will be evaluating the author's plot development, questioning Jane’s motives, and predicting the outcome of Jane’s decisions.
The history goes back to the 1st missing child Etan Patz (6) from Lower Manhattan, New York City. The day of May 25th, 1979 Etan was kidnapped by Pedro Hernandez and was the 1st boy on Milk Cartons m...
... Children in National News Coverage: Racial and Gender Representations of Missing Children Cases." 27.3 (2010): 207-216. Academia.edu. Web. 5 Nov 2013.
Yesterday morning, 7 year old twin brothers were kidnapped from the children’s play area behind St. Paul Hotel when four gunmen shot and killed their body guard. That evening their parents received a call from an unknown number asking for ransom.
This Article is based on a Story about a 8-Year old girl named Relisha Rudd who went missing in 2014 after her mother allowed her to go with the janitor. Relisha rudd was living in a homeless shelter with her mother and always looked for a way out no matter what it was. She tried to stay after school even though they wouldn’t let her, she would beg for her family to come get her and she even went as far as to making friends with the 43 year old janitor and started calling him “ God Daddy “. The family trusted him and never felt they had a reason to doubt his generosity towards relisha because every time he would pick relisha up to either take her for ice cream or to go shopping he would always bring her back. Until one day he didn’t , and they
On October 7th, Wesley Matthew, the father of a 3 years old girl, called the police to report her disappearance. According to the police department, the father said that he punished his daughter sanding her out side home for 15 minutes because she didn’t want to drink her milk.