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Location: Woodstock, VA

Children - Recovered: Sunday, August 23, 2009

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Woodstock, Virginia (Shenandoah County) Police Department A 14 year old “subject was located within five minutes of [A Child Is Missing] starting calls,” said Woodstock, Virginia Police Lieutenant Jeff Coffelt after his agency activated the Alert Program to assist the search for a boy who had gone missing on August 23, 2009. The boy had last been seen on Wadewood Court in Woodstock at 8:00pm that day and Police quickly called A Child Is Missing. More than 3,100 alert calls were placed and one call received by Police resulted in the boy being safely located on South Main Street in Woodstock—approximately one mile from where he had last been seen.

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Location: Strasburg, VA

Elderly - Recovered: Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Strasburg, Virginia (Shenandoah County) Police Department When an 84 year old woman, weighing 98 pounds, showed up at a residence in Virginia disoriented and thinking she was visiting from New York, Strasburg Police were called. The woman was suffering from Alzheimer’s and Strasburg Police Officer C.P. Adams ensured A Child Is Missing was used to locate the woman’s family. Shortly after 12:00 noon on June 25, 2009, A Child Is Missing mapped the area surrounding the 400 block of King Street in Strasburg and placed nearly 500 alert calls. One of those calls was received by a woman who knew the person in question and she provided information to Strasburg Police.

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Location: Madison, VA

Children - Recovered: Thursday, May 21, 2009

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Madison County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office A dispatcher for the Madison County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office activated the Alert Program of A Child Is Missing when that agency was searching for a 12 year old boy on May 21, 2009. The boy had last been seen at approximately 4:30 that afternoon in the 1400 block of Wilderness Road in Brightwood, Virginia. Less than 1,400 alert phone calls were placed to the area surrounding that address which generated 38 calls from the public with information. Fielding these calls, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office was able to safely locate the boy approximately two miles from where he was last seen.

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Location: Pulaski, VA

Found Child - Recovered: Sunday, September 07, 2008

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Officer Ron Anderson of the Pulaski, Virginia Police Department called A Child Is Missing to activate the Alert Program regarding a missing 15 year old boy. He had gone missing on September 6, 2008 and Officer Anderson activated the Alert Program the morning of September 7th. A Child Is Missing placed 2,700 alert calls to the area surrounding the 100 block of 12th Street Northwest in Pulaski where the boy had last been seen. Four calls were received by Pulaski Police in response to the alert calls. On one of those calls the “caller reported that she had seen the child in the area near his home,” Officer Anderson said. “I responded to the child’s residence and located him there,” Anderson said.

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Location: Woodstock, VA

Disabled - Recovered: Tuesday, July 01, 2008

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A 52 year old man in need of medical assistance went missing from the 300 block of South Summit Avenue in Woodstock, Virginia on July 1, 2008 at 3:15pm. Woodstock Police Officer Scott Thompson activated the A Child Is Missing Alert Program a short time later—resulting in four waves of alerts totaling nearly 10,000 calls. Approximately 50 alert citizens called Woodstock Police with information. Among these calls was one person who pinpointed the location of the man.

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Location: New Kent, VA

Missing Child - Recovered: Monday, April 07, 2008

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New Kent County, VA Sheriff’s Office A 12 year old who had never gone missing before, went missing on the night of Monday, April 7, 2008 in New Kent, Virginia. Police received the information late and called the A Child Is Missing Alert Program the following afternoon. The boy had last been seen in the 10,000 block of Old Quarter Lane in New Kent. Due to the makeup of the area, A Child Is Missing launched only 168 alert calls. Despite this small number, one of the recipients of an alert call saw the boy and called the Sheriff’s Office. Though missing for nearly 18 hours, the boy was located less than two hours after the alert calls were launched.

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Location: Strasburg, VA

Missing Child - Recovered: Thursday, November 01, 2007

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Strasburg, VA (Shenandoah County) - When a 13 year old boy was last seen at 6:30pm on November 1, 2007 in the 100 block of North Eberly Street in Strasburg, Virginia, the Strasburg Police Department called A Child Is Missing for assistance. After taking the necessary information from Officer Lutz, the Recovery Specialist launched more than 7,000 alert phone calls to the area police were searching—this after an already exhaustive law enforcement search. Ultimately the boy was found safe after residents of the address at which he was located called the number provided in the alert message.

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Location: Pulaski, VA

Children - Recovered: Wednesday, August 15, 2007

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According to Pulaski, Virginia Police: “many leads led officers to locations, however the juvenile was not currently there. Juvenile was found early afternoon the same day walking down the road.” This after 40-50 calls from the public with information were generated by the A Child Is Missing Alert Program searching for a 14 year old girl who had gone missing from the 500 block of Altoona Road in Pulaski on August 15, 2007.

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Location: Covington, VA

Missing Disabled - Recovered: Thursday, May 31, 2007

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Covington, VA (Alleghany) - On the morning of May 31, 2007 the Alleghany County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office activated the A Child Is Missing Alert Program for the first time when a 35 year old disabled man in need of medication had gone missing. Within two-and-a-half hours, the man had been located unharmed as a result of information provided to the Sheriff’s Office in response to one of the alert calls that had been phoned to the community by A Child Is Missing. As is the case so often when the Alert Program is activated by an agency for the first time, dispatchers and deputies alike were impressed with the swiftness of the program and its ability to generate numerous calls from concerned, alert citizens wanting to help.

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Location: Woodstock, VA

Missing Child - Recovered: Sunday, April 15, 2007

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Mount Jackson, VA (Shenandoah County) – On April 15, 2007 at approximately 5:48 PM, Shenandoah Sheriff’s Department contacted A Child Is Missing for assistance with 2 missing children, ages 12 and 17. The ACIM Technician on-call obtained a complete description of the 2 missing boys and within minutes over 740 and phones began ringing in the neighborhood. The Shenandoah Sheriff’s Department received many calls from residents. Deputy Sheriff Shelton stated “One caller who had picked up the missing children and transported them to Strasburg received the alert call on his cell phone and called police.” The children were found safe at approximately 6:48 PM.

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Location: Strasburg, VA

Found Child - Recovered: Sunday, April 01, 2007

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Strasburg, VA (Shenandoah County) – The Strasburg Police Department contacted A Child is Missing on April 1, 2007 for assistance in locating the parents or guardians of a 4 year old boy. The ACIM Technician obtained all pertinent information and placed roughly 1000 calls out to the community. Chief Tim Sutherly stated, “We recovered the child and could not locate the parents. We found the parents within 10 minutes of initiating the alert.”

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