Twenty-six years after the development of an early warning system that would help find abducted children, the alerts continue to reach new audiences. Now, Instagram has made the feature available for users nationwide.
"We actually are launching this across the United States, but Florida actually had the second-highest number of Amber Alerts in 2020," Randle said."I think it's especially important for Floridians.""The idea is to really meet people where they are and get information as quickly as possible," Randle said."The first few hours after a child is abducted are really crucial.
"I think it's pretty unique to social media that we're able to have that connection point," Randle said."It's an added emphasis within your social community that existing Amber Alert systems don't necessarily have," Randle said.In 2015, they made the feature available for Facebook users.Facebook has helped crack missing persons cases. In 2016, they issued an Amber Alert for a 4-year-old girl abducted in Lakeland.
Leemie Kahng-Sofer, director of case management for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Missing Children Division, said this is a tremendous opportunity for them. Kahng-Sofer says the ability to share the photos on social media could potentially reach that one person that has made the sighting or has some kind of information.
During the same timeframe, 68 Amber Alerts have been issued statewide. Two of those remain active — one from Brevard County and one from Miami-Dade.included efforts in south Fort MyersThat child, Andrew Caballeiro, was a week old in January 2020 when his father, Ernesto Caballeiro, 49, kidnapped him and apparently murdered three women linked to the baby.
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