I would wager the majority of the ones that are actually missing are ones taken in custody battles, or taken by other family members for the same reason, to either protect the kids from a hostile parent or as revenge for losing a custody battle.
Having said that, even if its 75% of that USA number is custody battles, that leaves over 100K missing children, a VERY high number.
A better statistic would be how many reports are resolved within 7, 14 and 30 days. But good statistics is avoided worse than free thought these days.
I would wager the majority of the ones that are actually missing are ones taken in custody battles, or taken by other family members for the same reason, to either protect the kids from a hostile parent or as revenge for losing a custody battle.
Having said that, even if its 75% of that USA number is custody battles, that leaves over 100K missing children, a VERY high number.
Best I can tell, the percentage of non family abductions is less than 1%. The majority are runaways.
The amberalerts have some of thar info in their yearly reports. https://amberalert.ojp.gov/statistics