When a child goes missing today, word is spread through an Amber Alert or digital missing persons poster — but national efforts to increase awareness of missing kids began four decades ago with a ...

In the 1980s — before social media and the Amber Alert — United States dairy companies began printing missing children’s photos on the sides of milk cartons as a way to get word out to the public.

The official account for the state of Israel shared the digitally manipulated image supposedly showing photographs and details of children reportedly taken hostage by Hamas. The image was created ...

In today's social-media world, it's hard to imagine: But in 1979, there was no coordinated effort of state or national law enforcement when a child went missing. Etan Patz, who disappeared 33 years ...

The following article is part of a collection titled ‘The Perfect Victim,’ dissecting why police and the media may treat certain crime victims upright while surfacing negative qualities about others ...

A boy who vanished near his New York City home more than four decades ago helped transform the way the country handles missing children. The move this week to give his convicted killer a new trial or ...