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according to both Allen and Good,
“These children suffer signifi­ particularly stories that frighten
ing & Exploited Children, agrees cant harm, it’s a serious problem,” the public.
he said.
with that assessment.
Kyron Horman had all the trap­
Another
type
of
case
that
typi­
“Let me tell you, it is very diffi­
pings of a news story, said Allen.
cally
receives
little
attention
is
cult to get media attention for any
The 7-year-old boy was abducted,
those involving runaways. Both presumably by a stranger, just out­
family abduction,” he said.
Allen said that the public as­ Allen and Good said that they side of the science fair at his el­
sumes that such abductions are aren’t given as much attention ementary school. It could’ve hap­
civil, private affairs, when in fact because it’s assumed the person pened to any parent.
they are often motivated out of ran on their own free will, when
Allen points to another case in
rage or revenge and can be dan- runaways may be running towards Sarasota, Fla. five years ago where
dangerous situations.
a child was abducted from a car
Good added that missing chil­ wash. The incident was captured
dren cases involving white people on a security camera and quickly
tend to get more attention.
made its way onto television be­
“White kids tend to get more cause of the ease with which the
attention; let’s face it,” she said. perpetrator committed the act.
Another big barrier is language.
Allen recalled a story about
seven years ago in Houston where
a Spanish-speaking woman had
her child abducted outside a mar­
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Good points to a case late last
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at all, she said.
Martin, the mother of Angela Mar­
“The power of media cannot be tin, a contestant on the television
overstated,” said Allen of how show American Idol. The case got
important it is to get a case in the national attention, but had it not
press if it is to be solved. He also had the connection to the popular
said that his organization by­ television show, it’s unclear how
passes the media by using its own it would have been handled.
national network of people to
Allen said that only about four
spread the word of missing chil­ or five missing children cases are
dren, who place pictures on com­ put in the spotlight each year. He
munity bulletin boards.
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