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Originally posted by Pagan:
So....you are saying finding his body...and maybe linking it to the perps is a waste of money? Would you really feel that way if it was a family member of yours they were trying to find? You need to loosen the bungie cords on your tin-foil hat me thinks. It must be cutting off the trickle of blood that flows to your brain.

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i recognise he's a human being an he deserves dignity.However, if you take every missing person in th eUSA and spend the same money and effort on them? we;ll be boke(r than we already are).

reports of missing persons have increased sixfold in the past 25 years, from roughly 150,000 in 1980 to about 900,000 this year. The increase was driven in part by the country's growing population. But the numbers also indicate that law enforcement treats the cases more seriously now, including those of marginalized citizens.

An astounding 2,300 Americans are reported missing every day, including both adults and children.

But only a tiny fraction of those are stereotypical abductions or kidnappings by a stranger.

For example, the federal government counted 840,279 missing persons cases in 2001. All but about 50,000 were juveniles, classified as anyone younger than 18.

The National Center for Missing Adults, based in Phoenix, consistently tracks about 48,000 "active cases," says president Kym Pasqualini, although that number has been bumped up by nearly 11,000 reports of persons missing after this year's hurricanes.

In a phone interview, Pasqualini said a breakdown of the 48,000 cases reveals the democratic nature of America's missing persons.

Slightly more than half—about 25,500—of the missing are men. About four out of 10 missing adults are white, three of 10 black and two of 10 Latino.

Among missing adults, about one-sixth have psychiatric problems. Young men, people with drug or alcohol addictions and elderly citizens suffering from dementia make up other significant subgroups of missing adults.

About half of the roughly 800,000 missing juvenile cases in 2001 involved runaways, and another 200,000 were classified as family abductions related to domestic or custody disputes.

Only about 100 missing-child reports each year fit the profile of a stereotypical abduction by a stranger or vague acquaintance.

Two-thirds of those victims are ages 12 to 17, and among those eight out of 10 are white females, according to a Justice Department study. Nearly 90 percent of the abductors are men, and they sexually assault their victims in half of the cases.

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To further complicate categorization of cases, the FBI designates some missing-person incidents—both adult and juvenile—that seem most dire as "endangered" or "involuntary."

For example, the agency deemed Taylor Behl, the 17-year-old college student missing in Richmond, Va., to be endangered. More than 100,000 missing persons, the vast majority of them children, are designated as endangered each year. About 30,000 are deemed involuntary.

thos numbers surprising to you? i exected "only" 100,000 per year...

Hoffa in specific? it is quite likely that no arrests will come from recovering his body if we do, and even less like that we would get convictions cuz the case is so old now. He played in pretty rough game and i stand bythe right to unionise for everyone because i beleive it falls under th eright to peaceavbly assemble. I choose not become union member but i acknowledge that th eConstitution does grant the right even tho the SCOTUS disagrees me. that just makes it clear they are not qualifed to read and comprehnd the constitution IMO are they smart sure, but are they Wise? moslty not....

i did agree with em last week on not allowing patents on "natural human genes".... how can they patent my body? it's mine dammit and they can't own it

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