Child Custody Issues Can Lead To Abductions And Violence, FBI Says

In my view, there is nothing more heinous than a crime against a child.

According to the FBI, there is a trend of child abductions and violence resulting from custody issues.

An analysis of recent FBI child abduction investigations has revealed a disturbing trend: Non-custodial parents are increasingly abducting and threatening to harm their own kids to retaliate against parents who were granted legal custody of the children.

“Unfortunately, the threat of violence—and death—in these cases is all too real,” said Ashli-Jade Douglas, an FBI analyst in our Violent Crimes Against Children Intelligence Unit who specializes in child abduction matters. “ Most non-custodial parental abductors want retaliation. They feel that if they can’t have the child full time—or any amount of time—then the other parent shouldn’t have the child, either.”

An analysis of all FBI child abduction cases where a motivation was known shows that custodial-motivated abductions—in which a son or daughter is taken against the will of the child and the custodial parent—have increased from 9 percent in fiscal year 2010 to 50 percent in fiscal year 2012. Sometimes the motivation is to convince the custodial parent to stay in a relationship; more often it is to harm the child in an act of retaliation. This trend appears to be on the rise, Douglas said. At least 25 instances of such abductions have been reported to the FBI since October.

You can read the rest of the story at the FBI web page via the below link:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/june/child-abductions-when-custody-issues-lead-to-violence/child-abductions-when-custody-issues-lead-to-violence?utm_campaign=email-Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=fbi-top-stories&utm_content=231328 

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