Hundreds or perhaps thousands of parents have small children go missing without calling the cops????
We DO have problems!
Actually, yes, many children go missing and no one calls the cops until much later. The wife was a case worker with the county. She found case after case of parents missing a kid and not wanting to call the cops. People do not trust the cops. The cops only point the finger at the parents and blame them. Of course, in most of those cases the parent was negligent, such as being drunk or stoned off their ass and the child wandered off. However, calling the police means to them exactly what you just said: Have a missing kid means you’re GUILTY! No one wants to call the cops only to have to happen. Not everyone lives in a pristine suburban world as you do.