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  • 2017-10-13 (xsd:date)
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  • Is There an 'Epidemic of Child Abduction' in Kansas? (en)
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  • In October 2017, the web site Your News Wire falsely reported that there was an epidemic of child abduction in the state of Kansas, a distortion of real concerns over 70 children who were in the state's foster care system but are no longer accounted for. The Your News Wire article stated: No Kansas state politician has used the term child abduction epidemic, however, and there is no evidence that any of the children in question have been abducted, as opposed to simply running away from foster care or attempting to return to their biological families. On 10 October 2017, the newspaper The Wichita Eagle reported that three sisters between 12 and 15 years old had gone missing from their foster home. However, local police said they believed the girls had run away. Although it is clearly worrisome for any children to be missing and unaccompanied by adults, the Wichita Eagle article does not mention anyone involved saying that the sisters were abducted. On the same day, the Kansas City Star reported that more than 70 children were missing from the state's foster care system, according to companies contracted to provide foster care services. Kansas state Secretary of Children and Families Phyllis Gilmore did express concern for the well-being of the children, particularly with regard to child trafficking, but also offered some context: In a statement on 12 October, Secretary Gilmore wrote: Your News Wire's claim that there is an epidemic of child abduction in Kansas is false. The web site has a long record of publishing fake news and false claims. (en)
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