Ohio attorney general data shows more than 1,000 minors have been reported missing in the Cleveland area in 2023, including nearly 50 in September.
Nearly 30 children were reported missing in the Cleveland area in the first two weeks of May, and Newburgh Heights Police Chief John Majoy, who also serves as the board president of the volunteer nonprofit Cleveland Missing, told Fox News Digital then that the number of 12- to 17-year-olds reported missing had remained at unprecedented levels throughout the month.
"For some reason, in 2023, we've seen a lot more than we normally see, which is troubling in part because we don't know what's going on with some of these kids, whether they're being trafficked or whether they're involved inMajoy told Fox News Digital in early June, describing the number of missing children in the area as something he had not seen in his 33-year career.
A group of Cleveland Missing volunteers gathered in Slavic Village, Ohio, Saturday to search for 15-year-old Keshaun Williams, who has been missing for more than 90 days. "There’s just not enough police officers in the streets to do this as law enforcement," Majoy told News 5 then."The public is our greatest asset. We can’t do this without the public."
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland on March 4, 2023. Yost said this week he is"worried" about over 45 minors missing from Cleveland in September alone.The missing teen’s grandmother, Mary Williams, told News 5 she feels concern about her grandson’s whereabouts is being ignored."If it’s beyond that and something unthinkable has happened, I know that God is there," she said.
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