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Former members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints believe their children have been abducted by the Mormon group in a twisted way to fulfill a prophecy of its disgraced leader. Four mothers, Lorraine Jessop, Miranda Johnson, Elizabeth Roundy and Sarah Johnson, believe their eight missing children did not run away, as court records suggest, but are, in fact, being concealed by their former church. The FLDS is a polygamist offshoot of Mormonism best known for its prophet Warren Jeffs, who is currently serving life in prison for sexually assaulting girls as young as 12. Jeffs remains...

IN the span of two weeks, nearly 30 children have vanished in Cleveland, sparking huge concern from a local police chief who said he hasn't seen anything like this in his 33-year career. As many as 27 children have been reported missing in the greater Cleveland area, according to Newburgh Heights police chief John Majoy. He called the number of missing children, whose ages range from 12 to 17, unprecedented when speaking to reporters. "There's always peaks and valleys with missing persons, but this year it seems like an extraordinary year," he told Fox News Digital. "For some reason, in...

About 200 children are missing right now in Northeast Ohio. They may be in danger and they need our help, and a task force is making progress tracking them down. Operation Safety Net recovered 25 missing children in its first two weeks, and the sting is continuing right now. The task force, led by U.S. Marshals, is working with local partners to get endangered kids to safety.

WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. — A one-day sweep by law enforcement agencies in Michigan resulted in the recovery of 123 missing children, the U.S. Marshals Service said. The sweep, called Operation MISafeKid and conducted on Sept. 26, and was aimed at locating victims of sex trafficking. “Three cases were identified as being possible sex trafficking cases, and one homeless teen was transported back to the command post after it was discovered that he had not had anything to eat in three days,” the U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release.

Four Months Later, Questions Remain In Search For 2 Missing Florida Boys June 21, 2005 5:16 p.m. EST Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter Jacksonville, Florida (AHN) - The national attention has not been close to fair concerning the case of two missing boys from Jacksonville, Florida, but family and police still continue to search. With little or no leads recently in the case of 12-year old Mark Degner and his 13-year old friend Brian Hayes, both of whom were last seen leaving Paxon Middle School in Jacksonville on February 10th, police are hoping new leads or clues...

ANNOUNCER: WE HAVE JUST ISSUED AN AMBER ALERT REGARDING A MISSING CHILD IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE LOOK FOR DEVEN DWAYNE MARSHALL A BIRACIAL MALE AGE 5 YEARS THREE FEET 39 POUNDS WITH BLACK AFRO HAIR AND BROWN EYES. CHILD WAS LAST SEEN AT 5147 WESTCHASE COURT JACKSONVILLE, FL AND IS BELIEVED TO BE IN DANGER. CHILD WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLUE AND YELLOW VERTICAL STRIPED SHIRT A EARTHTONE KNIT SWEATER WITH LIGHT BLUE JEAN SHORTS AND BLUE AND RED NIKE SHOES. AUTHORITIES SAY THE CHILD WAS LIKELY ABDUCTED...

Sunday, July 28, 2002 Smarts' lives revolve around the search Elizabeth's parents remain hopeful — and frustrated By Michael Janofsky Edward and Lois Smart had planned to be on vacation with their six children around now. Instead, they are at a news conference, appealing for people with helicopters to join the search for their daughter Elizabeth, 14, who was taken at gunpoint from her bedroom on June 5. Previous plans for a West Coast vacation are not in the picture for Lois and Ed Smart in what has seemed like a summer of child abductions across the nation. In what...