Something alarming is happening in Ohio, and it has parents on edge.
There has reportedly been an “extraordinary” surge in missing children in the Cleveland-Akron area in recent months.
Dozens of children disappeared in August alone, and September has already surpassed that number. But the question on everyone’s mind is why.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said the numbers may be inflated because of inconsistencies in reporting data, News 5 reported.
Although that may be true, the fact that children are continuing to go missing has caused a lot of alarm, and the community wants it to stop.
Thirty children went missing in Northern Ohio in the first two weeks of the month, the New York Post reported.
The trend continued through the summer, and in August more than 35 minors were reported missing; more than 45 have been listed as missing so far this month, according to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
On September 22 alone, the office reported 11 minors missing.
“Yes, of course, we are worried about that,” Yost said, per News 5.
“Now, what we know is when we look behind the numbers, some of those represent repeated runaways and local police have talked about that.”
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