The Department of Justice says at least 800,00 children are abducted each year in the U.S. 115 of those children are taken by a stranger. At least 90% return in 24 hours.( http://www.freerangekids.com/crime-statistics/) Younger kids are more prone to getting taken than older kids because younger kids don’t know how to defend themselves, they don’t understand what is going on and they tend to be more trusting of others. First, young children do not know how to defend themselves. In the article “27 Years Later, Case is Closed in Slaying of Abducted Child,” New York Times reported that “6 year-old, Adam Walsh, was abducted from a mall across from the police station on July 27,1981. His severed head was found 2 weeks later in Vero Beach, 120