Today is National Missing Children’s Day

One month from Saturday will mark the 3rd anniversary of Lindsey Baum’s disappearance, June 14th it will mark the 38th year since Jeffrey Bratcher was last seen in Ocean City, and this is the 30th year since Tyler Inman went missing in Aberdeen.

May 25 is nationally recognized as National Missing Children’s Day. This was the day 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared from a New York City street corner on his way to school in 1979.

Thirty-three years to the day after Etan Patz disappeared, spawning nationwide attention to missing children, CNN reports that a suspect will appear in a New York courtroom to hear criminal charges in the boy’s abduction and death.

At the hearing, prosecutors are expected to formally file paperwork charging Pedro Hernandez with second-degree murder.

His case is an annual reminder to the nation to renew efforts to reunite missing children with their families and make child protection a national priority.

National Missing Children’s Day is a reminder to all parents and guardians of the need for high-quality photographs of their children for use in case of an emergency, and for the need for everyone to pay close attention to the posters and photographs of missing children.

In recognition of National Missing Children’s Day the Washington State Patrol’s Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit has partnered with the Tumwater Wal-Mart to provide child safety information as well as fingerprinting for Child Identification Kits today from 12-4pm.

In recognition of National Missing Children’s Day the Washington State Patrol’s Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit has partnered with the Tumwater Wal-Mart to provide child safety information as well as fingerprinting for Child Identification Kits today from 12-4pm.

Lindsey Baum – Missing from McCleary since 6/26/09

Jeffrey Bratcher – Missing from Ocean City since 6/14/74

Tyler Inman – Missing from Aberdeen since 12/21/82