Child abduction

Child abduction is the abduction or kidnapping of a child (or baby) by an older person. Several distinct forms of child abduction exist: A parent removes or retains a child from the other parent's care (often in the course of or after divorce proceedings). A stranger removes a child for criminal purposes: for child sexual abuse, torture, or murder, for extortion, to elicit a ransom from the child's caretakers, a stranger removes a child, with the intent to rear the child as their own. While cas ...