Monica Padman

And then we were in San Francisco for my mom's work.

And like there were signs for her up.

Oh, boy.

But I was so, you know, you do forget to your point when you're like, you think you're older.

I didn't know about rape.

Looking back, I can only assume that I just thought like they just take you and keep you and you're their kid now.

Right.

Yeah.

But I had no idea what it really meant.

The beginning.

Ugh.

Okay.

Now, okay.

Kidnapping statistics, 2002 versus now.

There are many factors, stats involved in this that it's hard to find a simple answer, but from AI, kidnapping statistics, particularly for children, show that while public perception in 2002 was heightened due to high-profile cases, the actual number of abductions by strangers has remained relatively low and stable or even decreased over the past two decades.

That's what I said after she left.

I was like, I don't think that could happen today in the same way.

Okay, so Total Missing Children reports...

In 2002, around 725,000 children were reported missing annually to law enforcement.

And then in recent years, approximately 2024, missing person files for all ages in the U.S.