Missing children: Concern continues
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Dy Stacie Thomas
Although a suspect was arrested in the abduction-murder
cases of two Dellevue youths,
child abduction concerns have not ended.
Lincoln Private Investigator Gary Caradori ad-'
dressed those concerns Monday night at the monthly
Neighborhood Watch Association meeting.
Caradori, co-owner of Caradori Weatherl Investi
gations, 3426 0 St., has handled successfully more
than 40 missing children cases during the past
seven years.
Citing statistics from CHILD FIND, a national
organization based in New Paltz, N.Y., that aids in
the search for missing children, Caradori said that
each year about 150,000 children are abducted. Of
these, he said, 100,000 children are abducted by an
estranged parent. The other 50,000 children are
taken by strangers. Only 10 percent of these child
ren will be found alive.
Statistics indicate that every two hours 500 child
ren are reported missing. Currently almsot two mil
lion children are missing. Caradori also said one in
every 10 divorces will end up in a child abduction
case. There are about 10 million divorces a year in
America.
Strangers abduct children for various reasons
sexual abuse, extortion and child prostitution rings,
Caradori said. Some abductors also make a great
deal of money each year by putting children up for
adoption on the black market.
Many people think a child prostitute could simply
walk to a phone booth and call home. But, since
abducted children are often tortured, they are
afraid to take such a risk, he said. Girls are seldom
tortured in the face since faces are the abductors'
selling point. Consequently, no one can tell that the
girls have been tortured, Caradori said.
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Today is National Missing Children's Day.
Plessa look carefully at these pictures of
missing children. If you think you have any
information on the whereabouts of any of
these or any other missing children, please
ceil CHILD FIND, toll free, 000-431-5005.
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"It's hard for most people to understand the feel
ing of having a missing child until it happens to you,"
Caradori said. As a result, many people refuse to
believe that it could happen to them, he said.
Caradori recommended several steps that par
ents can take to prevent the abduction of a child:
Keep professional footprints, fingerprints and
dental records.
Have portraits taken several times a year and
photograph birth marks or other distinguishing
marks.
Teach children the facts of abduction early.
Teach children their full name, their parents
full name, address and telephone number. Let them
make real long distance telephone calls. Caradori
recommended making a game out of this, such as
having children color in a map where they live.
Keep children in sight at all times or know
where they are and with whom. Never leave children
alone in a car or at home no matter how short a time
you will be away.
Teach children to stay away from "lonely" pla
ces and to "buddy up."
Establish strict procedures regarding who will
pick children up from school, piano lessons, etc.,
and be meticulously consistent.
Suggest that your local police public relations
department, ParentTeacher Association or other
organizations in your community sponsor seminars
or programs on abduction in area schools. The Lin
coln Police Department offers a puppet show called
"Stranger Danger," to teach children about child
abduction strategies.
CHILD FIND also prints a directory every year
listing the physical descriptions and photographs of
missing children. The $10 price of the Directory of
Missing Children covers printing costs. It is Child
Find's goal that all teachers in the country's 10,000
public schools, and the private schools, have access
to the directory.
Caradori also said stricter court enforcement is a
must to prevent children from being taken out of the
state. In addition, according to Caradori, congress
men should be encouraged to lobby for the welfare
of children.
Move-a-thon helps home pay bills
By Judi Nygren
Walkers, runners and bicyclists participating in
the third annual Lincoln Friendship Home Move-a-thon
will hit the streets Saturday, June 9.
The home, a shelter for abused women and their
children, will sponsor the eight-mile trek in conjunc
tion with Violence Against Women Awareness Week.
Administrators said they hope to raise at least
$2,500 to help combat the home's mounting main
tenance costs. Last year's participants raised $1,600.
"We (administrators) wish we were in the position
to raise the money for some special project," said
Shari True; public relations coordinator. "But at this
point it must go toward the upkeep of the shelter."
Upkeep costs include employees' salaries, utility
bills and supplying food for the 10 to 50 people who
come to stay at the home each month, True said.
Throughout the home's five-year existence, peo
ple have stayed at the home free of charge for up to
10 days. But as of this month, True said, people can
participate in a long-term program and stay as long
as six weeks. The new program is free.
"The long-term program allows women to get
away from the life they are used to living and go to
different support groups and agencies they couldn't
go to if they were only short-term," True said.
With the long-term program the home now houses
a maximum of 18 individuals at one time. Along
with shelter, the home offers transportation, meals,
medical referrals, counseling and support groups.
Referrals and information also are offered over the
phone to people who do not want to visit the home
but need help.
Because Lincoln and Omaha are the only Nebraska
cities to offer homes like these, True said, people as
far west as Scottsbluff seek shelter at the Lincoln
home.
Once a mother and her children return to their
old home or begin a new life, True said, the shelter
continues assistance through support groups.
"The decision to leave their home or go back is up
to each individual " she said. "We just try to support
whatever decision they make and help them from
there."
For more information about the home or the
move-a-thon, contact the Family Service Associa
tion, 1133 H St. or call 476-3327.
The move-a-thon will jbegin at 8:30 am. on the
north side of the State Capitol Building.
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Salvador an guards
are found guilty
of murdering nuns
WASHINGTON A Salvadoran court Thurs
day found five national guardsmen guilty of
the 1980 murders cf three nuns and a lay
woman missionary in El Salvador. Rep. Mary
Rose Oakar, an Ohio Democrat who led the
campaign to pressure Salvadoran authorities
into holding the trial, said a government report
to be made public soon would substantiate
charges that Salvadoran "higher ups" were
involved. A confidential U.S. government report
charges that Salvadoran Defense -Minister
Carlos E.V. Casanova was involved in a coverup
in the murders of the four American women, a
Congressman said Thursday. Casanova headed
his country's National Guard in I960. President
elect Jose Napoleon Duarte said at the end of a
four-day visit here to lobby Congress for more
aid that he would reappoint Casanova as
defense minister since he had determined that
there was no coverup and that Casanova was
not involved in the murders.
The House Thursday did approve more U.S.
military aid to El Salvador but denied extra
funds for anti-government rebels in Nicaragua
The 267-154 vote for the additional $51.7 mil
lion was a victory for President Reagan and
would bring to $126.5 million the amount of
military for U.S.-backed guerrillas opposing
the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua.
In New York, the family of a U5; journalist
murdered in El Salvador the same month as
the American women continues to seek a trial
for his killers. Freelance Journalist Johnny Sul
livan, of Bogota, N.J., was killed hours after he
arrived in El Salvador's capital. Hi3 body was
found the next day, she said, but his family was
not notified for more than a year, and his body
was not returned to the United States until
1983.
Romania to be in Games
GENEVA, Switzerland Romania will take
part in this summer's Olympic Games starting
July 28 in Los Angeles, the Romanian vice pres
ident of the International Olympic Committee
announced late Thursday. The Soviet Union is
leading a boycott of the Olympics, and the
Romanian announcement underlined the Eas
tern European country's maverick stance in
the Communist bloc. Bulgaria, Cuba, Hungary,
Mongolia, East Germany, Poland, the Soviet
Union, Vietnam and Czechoslovakia have an
nounced they will boycott the games. Los
Angeles Olympic chief Peter Ueberroth an
nounced Thursday the forthcoming games will
be the biggest ever, with a record number 124
countries and more than 7,400 athletes ac
cepting invitations to attend, despite the Soviet
led boycott.
Fair plagued by debts
NEW ORLEANS Meager interest in the
1984 World's Fair during its first two weeks has
left promoters $14 million behind in payments
to builders and has forced some concessio
naires to consider reducing operations. The
fair, with the theme "The World of Rivers: Fresh
Water as the Source of Life," has faced monthly
problems paying bills since January, partly
because revenues from advance ticket sales
and corporate sponsorships fell short of pro
jections officials said. At least 70,000 people
need to come to the fair each day it is open for
the event to break even. "Once people get here,
they love what they find, we just have to get
them here," one official said.
Kennedy death accidental
WEST PALM BEACH, Ha - Results of an
autopsy performed on David Kennedy, 28,
released Thursday night by a county court
judge, confirmed earlier reports that Kennedy
died because of a combination of drugs he had
taken. His April 25 death was rui sd accidental
He was the third son of the late San. Robert
Kennedy.
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Friday, May 25. 1984