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"BAM's Web site provides numerous search options to find information on missing persons. Families and friends can also upload profiles and pictures of loved ones that have disappeared.

Wilson said too often, parents do not have the necessary materials to assist police in locating missing children during the critical early hours of disappearance. She urges parents to have up-to-date pictures of their children, as well as fingerprints on file - a service she hopes for BAM to provide in the near future.

In many child abduction cases, the perpetrator is known to the child, often a parent or close relative. For this reason, Wilson said teachers should be notified of custody conflicts in the home.

"The communication lines should be very open," she said.

The community's involvement in recovering the missing is crucial, according to Wilson.

"Someone knows something out there," she said, adding that reluctance to cooperate with local police only impedes retrieval efforts. "Get off that not snitching."

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