US Marshals Find 225 Missing Children in Multi-State Operation
The US Marshals Service, with the help of state and local agencies, located 225 missing children during a 10-week operation in states across the nation. Many of the children were runaways or abducted by noncustodial persons. During the operation, officials recovered 169 children and safely located 56. The youngest child recovered was only six months old. The US Marshals also arrested a ‘Top 15 Most Wanted’ couple who fled to Mexico from Washington state with their five children, who they also took into hiding. The operation is the first nationwide missing child operation focused on geographical areas with high clusters of critically missing children.