The news gets more depressing every day

[pootlus]

Yes, double post day from me.

Thousands of children go missing every year. Most are found safe and well. Some, tragically, are not.

When a child goes missing the most vital time is the first twenty-four hours. It's also vital to get the news out, with accurate descriptions of the child, where they were last seen, and what they were wearing

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[sying]

Yes, over here, in missing persons reports something unusual about the person or their appearance in question is always mentioned. An average (Dutch) six-year-old is 120 centimetres tall (that's also quite a big difference with what you've found!) so there was a crucial bit of information missing or a crucial typo/misunderstanding. 'Though from reading a few news articles, I have a bad feeling that particular info won't matter any more. That poor poor girl.

[pootlus]

Well the answer was from WikiAnswers, so maybe taken from figures of poorly-nourished Americans rather than strapping North Europeans! :)