PHOENIX —
During the course of a six-week nationwide search, 200 missing children—including those from Arizona—were located.
The second of its sort is called Operation We Will Find You 2 (OWWFY2). The procedure took place from May 20 to June 24.
“With technical assistance from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), OWWFY2 resulted in the recovery and removal of 123 children from dangerous situations,” according to a Department of Justice news release. Law enforcement or child welfare organizations reported that they had located and discovered to be in safe places an additional 77 missing youngsters.
Out of the 200 youngsters discovered, 173 were runaways in danger, 25 were deemed lost under other circumstances, one was abducted by a family, and one was not. Five months was the youngest youngster that made a full recovery.
Of the youngsters that went missing, fourteen were discovered outside the city. Furthermore, of the children who went missing and were found, 57% were found within seven days of the USMS getting involved in the case.”
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Arizonan communities like Phoenix, Glendale, Goodyear, and Tucson hosted the operation. The enterprise also included cities in Oregon, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, and California.
The U.S. Marshals Service concentrated on regions where there was a high concentration of missing children in risk.
There were 16 locates and 33 recoveries in Arizona.
“We are aware that the 16-year-old girl is from the Phoenix region, and it appears that she was trafficked in Los Angeles, Miami, and Michigan before being found in Michigan.
Van Bayless of the U.S. Marshals Service District of Arizona clarified, “All of that was due to the work efforts of the Marshals Service and our partner agencies following her from missing in Arizona, out to Los Angeles, down to Miami, and then in Michigan.”
We’re still looking into the case.
Investigators in Arizona believe that eight out of the 49 cases were most likely trafficked victims.