A child goes missing every 40 seconds in the U.S., raising concerns about child abduction, including by people known to them.

Virginia State Police are pushing back against viral social media videos claiming there's been a mass abduction of children in the state. Nearly 100 children were reported missing to law enforcement ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. YORK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — Travis Bright, the ...

The government is proposing a change in the law on parental child abduction. The crime and policing bill, under consideration in parliament, would make it a crime for a parent to take their child on ...

In mid-August 2025, dozens of posts spread across multiple platforms claiming a "mass abduction" of children occurred in Virginia. Based on statements from the Virginia State Police and data from the ...

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