Length4h 40m
About this audiobook
In August 2026, Florida launched a five-day operation to locate missing and endangered children. By the end, 163 had been recovered or safely located across Florida, other states, Puerto Rico and beyond. But the headline hid a more complicated truth: these were not victims of a single kidnapping ring. Some had run away. Some were caught in custody disputes. Others faced neglect, abuse, exploitation or trafficking concerns. Drawing on official records, court material and government reports, Maximilian C. James tells the story behind the number—how the recovery system was built, what happened when children were found, and why being found was not always the same as being safe.
Audiobook details
GenreTrue Crime
Length4 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 19, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
2Copyright
3A Note on Children, Names and Allegations
4Chapter One. The Number
5Chapter Two. What Missing Means
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6Chapter Three. Before Dragon Eye
7Chapter Four. The Recovery Room
8Chapter Five. Dragon Eye
9Chapter Six. The Liaison
10Chapter Seven. Jacksonville, Three Days
11Chapter Eight. One Hundred and Twenty-Two
12Chapter Nine. After Found
13Chapter Ten. Northern Lights
14Chapter Eleven. Southwest
15Chapter Twelve. Return to the Shield
16Chapter Thirteen. Why They Disappear
17Chapter Fourteen. The Court Order
18Chapter Fifteen. The Exploitation Question
19Chapter Sixteen. The Child in Two Systems
20Chapter Seventeen. Thirty-Four Beds
21Chapter Eighteen. The Interstate Compact
22Chapter Nineteen. The Clearinghouse
23Chapter Twenty. The Screening Questions
24Chapter Twenty-One. The Headline Machine
25Chapter Twenty-Two. The Adults in the Files
26Chapter Twenty-Three. The Map Gets Bigger
27Chapter Twenty-Four. The Command Posts
28Chapter Twenty-Five. Five Days
29Chapter Twenty-Six. The Hub
30Chapter Twenty-Seven. What the Records Do Not Tell Us
31Chapter Twenty-Eight. Three Hundred and Eighty-Eight
32Chapter Twenty-Nine. What Success Means
33Chapter Thirty. The Children We Do Not Name
34Chapter Thirty-One. After the Headline
35A Note on Research Cut-Off and Legal Status
36About the Author
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