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*Over 2,300 Americans are reported missing every day | *Over 2,300 Americans are reported missing every day | ||
*In most jurisdictions, missing persons cases receive low priority. Authorities are already working homicides, robberies, rapes, assaults, traffic issues, and crime prevention. | *In most jurisdictions, missing persons cases receive low priority. Authorities are already working homicides, robberies, rapes, assaults, traffic issues, and crime prevention. | ||
Most of the Indian Ocean tsunami victims in 2004 were identified thought DNA extracted from molars. Since teeth are one of the hardest and most indestructible substances in the human body, they are likely to survive trauma. They are also a good source of DNA if there have been no dental fillings, root canals, etc. | *Most of the Indian Ocean tsunami victims in 2004 were identified thought DNA extracted from molars. Since teeth are one of the hardest and most indestructible substances in the human body, they are likely to survive trauma. They are also a good source of DNA if there have been no dental fillings, root canals, etc. | ||
*There are as many as 100,000 active missing persons cases in the U.S. at any given time. | *There are as many as 100,000 active missing persons cases in the U.S. at any given time. | ||
*'''Out of the 692,944 people reported missing in 2010, 531,928 were under the age of 18.''' | *'''Out of the 692,944 people reported missing in 2010, 531,928 were under the age of 18.''' | ||