Status of Missing Children Reports in California - 2000-Present
Report Status
| 2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
Returned- missing person
returned on his/her own. |
57,708 |
65,031 |
74,352 |
74,667 |
Located - missing person
located by law enforcement. |
15,900 |
18,580 |
22,509 |
23,205 |
Deceased- missing person
found deceased. |
40 |
36 |
62 |
54 |
Arrested - missing person
arrested. |
1,660 |
1,669 |
2,037 |
2,319 |
Emancipated - missing
juvenile emancipated by the courts. |
93 |
114 |
123 |
129 |
Voluntary Missing - missing
person is voluntarily missing. |
98 |
130 |
120 |
108 |
Withdrawn/invalid - report
filed in error or reporting party withdraws report. |
535 |
672 |
916 |
844 |
Other - report canceled for
reasons other than listed. |
3,283 |
3,862 |
4,588 |
4,909 |
Unknown - the circumstances
why the case is canceled are unknown. |
101 |
115 |
94 |
103 |
TOTALS |
79,418 |
90,209 |
104,801 |
106,338 |
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