Child abduction

Child abduction is the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person.

Related Topics:
Abduction or kidnapping - Child - Baby

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Several distinct forms of child abduction exist:

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• A stranger removes a child (usually a baby) to bring up as their own child.
• One parent removes a child, usually after divorce during an access visit.

While cases have been reported from antiquity, recently this phenomenon has taken on new meaning with various movies and television series (example: Without a Trace) depicting the premise of people who remove children from strangers to bring up as their own often after the death of their own child.

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