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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children

Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Cases of missing children in Missouri

Not all missing children are runaways. Missouri law also defines a runaway as a missing child. (§ 43.400, RSMo 2023.) I previously reported on the missing children as of June 1, 2024. Two of the children previously listed, Mikylee Shotts and Darrion Dickerson, no longer have posters on the NCMEC website, so it's presumed their cases were resolved since their posters were removed.

The below list includes previously informed names of missing children since June 1, 2024, additional names of missing children since June 2024 that were later included, and those since July 1, 2024. If you click on their names, you can view their respective posters.

1. Jewely Clark, age 16, has been missing from Fulton, Missouri since June 7, 2024
2. Kenneth Savage, age 15, has been missing from Republic, Missouri since June 14, 2024.
3. Shray Allen, age 17, has been missing from St. Louis, Missouri since June 14, 2024.
4. Edward Irwin, age 15, has been missing from Poplar Bluff, Missouri since June 16, 2024.
5. Micah Corbett, age 16, has been missing from Ironton, Missouri since June 20, 2024.
6. Matthew Harvey, age 15, has been missing from Republic, Missouri since June 24, 2024.
7. Leah A. Rodriguez, age 16, has been missing from Independence, Missouri since June 27, 2024.
8. Avry Michele Saner, age 14, has been missing from Kirksville, Missouri since June 30, 2024.
9. Ahrianna Jamerson, age 13, has been missing from St. Louis, Missouri since July 1, 2024.
10. Isaiah One Patrick Coats, age 15, has been missing from Bloomsdale, Missouri since July 6, 2024.
11. Kevanah Rose Aaliyah McDaniel, age 16, has been missing from Kansas City, Missouri since July 7, 2024.

The NCMEC: a critical resource for Missouri families

The NCMEC is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that helps to locate missing children by working with families and law enforcement. This organization also helps to prevent abductions, recover missing children, and to help shut down child sexual exploitation.

Regional offices are in New York, Texas, and Florida. The NCMEC website has a phenomenal amount of information and resources. It also includes information about Code Adam co-founded by John and Revé Walsh after their 6-year-old son, Adam, was murdered in Florida.

In the last 40 years, we've received more than 5 million calls with more than 426,000 missing children recovered. (Source.)

The NCMEC has a 24-hour Call Center: 1-800-843-5678. The website of NCMEC is a phenomenal and comprehensive resource. This remarkable organization accepts donations.

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