difference between missing and runaways

[rogueslg71]

does a kid who runs away count as a missing child too? was just wondering what everyone's thought on this one is, since i think it would be even harder to find a kid who is trying to hide from you

[c_thina00]

I think it is....because you need to find them too :)
and Why would they runaway?...maybe they got scolded with there parents....
So,to avoid this to happen, parents should not take off their eyes to there kids, they should have proper guidance, and try to understand your childrens!. :)

[Amy]

Yes they count as missing.We had one of these up in Livermore ca. just a month ago. The girl had an arguement with her mom. She stormed out of the house.Now mind you she was a high school girl. She was found 3 weeks later dead in the Delta miles from her house. I figure people prowl the areas looking for anyone out late and alone. They ask them if they would like a ride.I bthink they probably even know the person.What a terrible ending to a life.

[mci_me]

Yes, That count as a missing too!
As I've red in a newspaper before, that there is a boy who escaped from there house and found out dead after 5 days, policed detected there bodies together with his buddies inside of his friend's house.
I forgot exactly why they died...just the only thing I know that the parents of his friends is in a business vacation thats why they stayed at their house.

Well, that boy just escaped to there house because his parents scolded him, and after a day that he'd runaway his parent report a file about there missing
child who is 14 years old, I guess...thats why the police reported it quickly to them that the boy they are looking for is already dead.

[Romi]

I would say yes simply because they're missing to the parents and to the world. As for what statistics say, I'm not sure. I think it depends on who gives the statistics and simply who you ask.

[Joel]

Good points.

I'd say that simply missing people are missing without their intent of being missing (this can includes kidnappings and being "lost" espeically), whereas I'd say that runaways are simply people that runaway or get away with an intent. This is typically children and, surprisingly, brides.

[Lpspider]

Yes, That count as a missing too!
As I've red in a newspaper before, that there is a boy who escaped from there house and found out dead after 5 days, policed detected there bodies together with his buddies inside of his friend's house.
I forgot exactly why they died...just the only thing I know that the parents of his friends is in a business vacation thats why they stayed at their house.

Very good point... I think it depends on the situation and it's outcome. For them to merely be a statistic, it should not count until after the fact. I recall one episode in which a child was locked in the trunk of the parents car and not found until a week later. It was horrible.

[ScottHughes]

If the child ran away, I don't see any reason why that wouldn't be considered "missing". If the parents can't find the child, then the child is missing. It doesn't matter what events led to the parents' inability to find the child.