US Marshals Find 225 Missing Children in Multi-State Operation

The United States Marshals Service, with the help of state and local agencies, located 225 missing children during a 10-week operation in states across the nation, the agency said. The multi-state operation, dubbed operation “We Will Find You,” was a national effort to locate the missing children. During the operation, officials recovered 169 children and safely located 56. Data released shows that 86% of the children were endangered runaways, 9% were family abductions, and 5% were considered otherwise missing. The US Marshals handed 28 cases to law enforcement for further investigation into crimes that included drugs, weapons, sex trafficking and sex offender violations.