Although child abductions have been on a steady decline since 1996, in 2005 there were more than 9,000 new cases of child abduction in the state, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

But parents and kids alike can be proactive and help prevent future child abductions. Learning to fight back is another alternative.

In June 2002, 19-year-old Ali Kemp was brutally murdered while working at her neighborhood pool in Leawood, Kan. Tragically, it was her own father, Roger Kemp, who found her body that same day, beaten and hidden under a tarp in the pump room.
 
Roger put his grief to work when he posted the suspect's face on a billboard that played an instrumental role in catching his daughter's killer. After that victory, he teamed up with an advertising firm to post the faces of other wanted criminals on billboards. Since then, seven suspects in the area have been apprehended based on tips created by the billboards.