Bowser: Number of missing kids not on rise, attention is - WTOP Weekend Headlines - Sunday, March 26, 2017

It’s gotten national attention lately, but D.C. leaders say there is not an increase in the number of missing children around the city. What has increased? The amount of online attention given to finding these kids. “We certainly don’t want people to think that children are being kidnapped or abducted,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said. [Logo](#) WEEKEND HEADLINES - March 26, 2017 [mobile-header-ad]( [alt text here]( [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Bowser: Number of missing kids not on rise, attention is]( It’s gotten national attention lately, but D.C. leaders say there is not an increase in the number of missing children around the city. What has increased? The amount of online attention given to finding these kids. “We certainly don’t want people to think that children are being kidnapped or abducted,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said. 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