US marshals help find 200 missing kids over 6 weeks

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

OVER THE COURSE OF JUST SIX WEEKS – U-S MARSHALS SAY THEY RECOVERED 200 MISSING OR ENDANGERED KIDS.

“OPERATION WE WILL FIND YOU 2” FOCUSED ON WHAT MARSHALS CALL “HOT SPOT CITIES” FOR MISSING KIDS – PARTICULARLY MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

THE MARSHALS WORKED WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN – MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NCMEC (nick-mick) – TO LOCATE CHILDREN IN NEED OF HELP.

THEY SAY THEY RESCUED 123 CHILDREN ACROSS SEVEN STATES FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS… WHILE 77 MORE WERE FOUND IN SAFE LOCATIONS.

OFFICIALS SAY THE PHOENIX AREA SAW THE MOST CHILDREN RESCUED OVER THE COURSE OF THE OPERATION.

ACCORDING TO THE F-B-I — THERE WERE MORE THAN 375-THOUSAND CHILDREN REPORTED MISSING ACROSS THE U-S IN 20-23 ALONE. 

THE DIRECTOR OF THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE SAID MONDAY THE AGENCY HAS RUN THE OPERATION SIX TIMES *BEFORE* THIS ONE.

HE SAYS SO FAR, IT’S LOCATED 546 CHILDREN IN 20-24.

AND WHILE THAT’S A HIGHER NUMBER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR – IT’S SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE NEARLY 950 CHILDREN RECOVERED IN 20-21.