How many children disappear every year without ever being found--I heard that 3000 children disappear in Hawaii alone each year is this true?

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's website, nearly 800,000 children disappear every year in the United States. That number can be misleading though.

Missing means any reported disappearance if a child under the age of 18 for more than 48 hours.

Over 500,000 of those are kids who return unharmed, usually on their own. Another 200,000 are kids who are "abducted" by other family members. Another 58,000 are non-family abductions. About 200 a year are stereotypical kidnappings where the child is taken with intent to harm.

Another factor is that believe it or not, many cases are not reported and thus don't count as missing statically in official law enforcement reports.

Any way you look at it though, the numbers are still strong with one child every two and a half days who truly are kidnapped in the traditional sense. In addition to that, 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys will be sexually victimized before adulthood.