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Here's a good general article with a lot of details about missing juvenile rates and trafficking rates: In Iowa, 48 juveniles have gone missing in July. Here's why that number may be misleading.
The article goes on to dive into a lot of data and statistics.
Forty-eight Iowa juveniles have gone missing so far in July, a development that has sparked a flood of social media warnings and theories. However, that number becomes less shocking in a review of missing persons statistics.
Heavy regional news coverage of the disappearance of Mollie Tibbetts, 20, of Brooklyn, Iowa, about 60 miles east of Des Moines, has led to more focus on missing children. While a missing child is certainly cause for worry, concern has morphed into rumors that make it appear as though every child who goes missing is the victim of abduction or sex trafficking.
The article goes on to dive into a lot of data and statistics.