Although these FBI statistics from 2010 indicate that stranger child abductions by sexual predators are rare, when combined with slight acquaintance abductions. The number increases to 15% of abduction cases where the FBI CARD teams are called in..
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/p...ment-bulletin/august-2011/august-2011-leb.pdf
FBI LE Bulletin
8 Crimes Against
Children Spotlight - Child Abductions
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC),
every year, more than 200,000 children are abducted by family members. An additional 58,000
are taken by nonrelatives with primarily sexual
motives. However, only 115 reported abductions
represent cases in which strangers abduct and kill
children, hold them for ransom, or take them with
the intention to keep.
Over the past 4 years, the FBI has seen a decrease
in abductions committed by a stranger or RSO. However, it is important to note that abductors with sexual
intentions are, in fact, sexual offenders who have not
yet been identified and, therefore, are unknown to
local law enforcement agencies.
A majority (68 percent) of the child abduction
cases the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment
(CARD) team has assisted in has resulted in the identification of an offender who had a relationship with the child victim.
Moreover, an RSO was involved in only 10 percent of the investigations, 5 percent of
who knew the victim.
