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WI - Well-meaning Amber Alerts stoke fear of a rare danger

View the article here Yet more proof that most kids are kidnapped by their own family or close friends and not some stranger hiding in the bushes.  Also, something I've wondered, these Amber Alerts, when they are put out, wouldn't that alert the kidnapper that someone is looking for them, and they then try that much harder to get away or go into hiding?  Seems kind of counterproductive to me.  I understand the reasoning, but this is like telling Osama Bin Laden we are coming for him, and thus he hides, instead of not mentioning it, and just go get him, and not alerting him to the fact they are coming!  Just a thought! 03/11/2009 By Gail Rosenblum, Star Tribune The story of a 17-year-old Elbow Lake girl kidnapped by her stepfather and stepbrother last weekend, allegedly at gunpoint, is another sad reminder of how profoundly a family can unravel...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 12, 2009 (boomark / email).