Immediately
call or go to your local law enforcement agency (police or sheriff) and
file a missing person report. When a child is missing and believed to be
in danger, there is no 24-hour waiting period in Indiana.
Bring
the most recent color photograph of the child, along with the child's
fingerprints, hair sample, blood type, and physical description including
a description of the clothes the child was wearing.
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Information
about your missing child will automatically be entered into the National
Crime Information Center computer's Missing Person File (NCIC-MPF).
Report
the child missing to the toll-free hotline of the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) at 1-800-843-5678. The National
Center can issue e-mail alerts about your missing child, distribute
posters with your child's photo and information nationwide, and provide
support and other resources for you and your family.
Be
alert to a teenager or adult who is paying an unusual amount of attention
to your children or giving them inappropriate or expensive gifts.
Contact
other non-profit missing child organizations and state clearinghouses in
adjacent states. Register your missing child and find out what other
search assistance and support services they can provide.
Contact
the U.S. State Department's Passport Office (Office of Citizen Appeals and
Legal Assistance, Passport Services) at 202-647-0518 in case the suspect
tries to apply for a passport to leave the country with your child.
Be
sensitive to changes in your children's behavior; they are a signal that
you should sit down and talk to your children about what caused the
changes.
Teach
your children to trust their own feelings and assure them that they have
the right to say no to what they sense is wrong.
