Missing Children

20 Years After Vanishing, Woman Reappears Suddenly With A New Identity

World News | Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post | Tuesday March 12, 2019

Twenty years, 10 months and two weeks after her daughter vanished, Cynthia Haag was inside the row house she refused to abandon - lest her missing child come back - when her phone started to ring. Her other daughter was on the line, saying she'd just gotten an unexpected message on Facebook.

19-Year-Old Mother Drowns Infant In Bathtub To Not 'Hear Him Cry': Cops

World News | Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post | Saturday October 27, 2018

Authorities said the Arizona mother had searched the Internet on her cellphone using more than 100 different queries, such as "ways to die instantly." She had read about "how long it takes babies to drown," "five types of parents who kill," "reasons parents kill their babies" and read about cases involving missing children, according to a police re...

Delhi Worst In Cases Of 'Missing Children'; 6 In 10 Go Untraced: Report

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 25, 2018

Out of every 10 children going missing in the national capital, six remainuntraced, a report released by the Alliance for People's Rights (APR) and NGO Child Rights and You (CRY) stated today.

On Missing Children Data Access, Court Gives A Week To Centre

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 10, 2018

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave a week's time to the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) to complete the process of giving electronic access to the Delhi Police on data concerning missing children.

Facial Recognition System Helps Trace 3,000 Missing Children In 4 Days

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 22, 2018

Nearly 3,000 missing children have been traced in four days, thanks to the facial recognition system (FRS) software that the Delhi Police is using on a trial basis to track down such children.

Children Missing Since California SUV Wreck Believed To Be Dead

World News | Reuters | Friday April 6, 2018

Three children missing since their mother drove their vehicle off a California cliff are believed to be dead and search operations are now focused on recovering their bodies from the Pacific Ocean, police said on Thursday.

About 500 Missing Children Traced Through Aadhaar: UIDAI

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 24, 2017

As many as 500 missing children have been traced over the last few months through Aadhaar, the CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Ajay Bhushan Pandey, said today.

Bodies Of 3 Missing Children Found In Haryana, Uncle Arrested

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 21, 2017

The bodies of three siblings who went missing on November 11 were recovered today in Haryana. The children's uncle, who has been arrested for the alleged triple murder, has reportedly told the police that he committed the crime on the request of their father.

Court Raps Mumbai Police For Lack Of Proper Probe In Cases Of Missing Children

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 24, 2017

Taking note of the plight of parents who are forced to approach courts seeking directions to the police to trace missing children, the Bombay High Court has rapped the Mumbai Police for its insensitivity in dealing with such cases.

Over 70,000 Missing Children Rescued Under Home Ministry Drive: Rajnath Singh

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 26, 2017

More than 70,000 missing children have been rescued in different parts of the country under the home ministry's special initiative, Union minister Rajnath Singh said today.

Triple Talaq Challenger Ishrat Jahan's Missing Children Found

India News | Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Thursday August 31, 2017

The two missing children of Ishrat Jahan, one of the five women who challenged instant triple talaq and won, have been traced. The children had been taken to a relative's house in Bardhaman - about 100 km from Kolkata - by their father, the police said this evening. Ishrat Jahan, 31, had accused her husband of kidnapping two of her four children.

6,992 Children Reported Missing In Bengal, Most Of Them Traced, Says Government

Press Trust Of India | Wednesday August 2, 2017

New Delhi: A total of 6,992 children were reported missing and 1,967 kidnapped in Bengal in 2015 and majority of them were later recovered, the Rajya Sabha was informed. Also, as many as 2,214 persons were arrested over kidnapping of children, Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said. “As per the information provided by the ...

How Aadhaar Card Helped Reunite Missing Children With Their Families

Bangalore News | Written by Maya Sharma, Nehal Kidwai | Wednesday July 12, 2017

There have been many debates about the value of Aadhaar cards - but the bio-metric data recently played a very important role in reuniting three children with their families.

‘My Father Used To Beat Me’: Boy Flees Bihar, Makes Delhi Railway Platform Home

Press Trust Of India | Monday July 10, 2017

New Delhi: Railway stations always fascinated Rahul Misra. These were the dots that linked the country, the boy from a remote Bihar village would tell himself. That one such platform would become his home is something that 10-year-old Rahul never imagined. But it did, when he fled from home and his abusive father six weeks ago. “My father used to...

12-15 Children Reported Missing In Delhi Every Day, Shows Crime Data

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday June 14, 2017

New Delhi: The capital has lived up to its fearful reputation of disappearing kids with Over 1,500 children in Delhi — mostly between 6 and 15 – have been reported missing in the first five months of this year, as per police figures. Going by the past trends on tracing missing children, the chances of finding them are far and few. The latest d...