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New and violent trends in infant abductions
Mothers and fathers are understandably absorbed with their
new babies, but they should still exercise caution and common sense when using
social networking sites online:
- Make sure your online privacy settings do not allow strangers, and possible offenders, to gain access to personal information such as where you plan to be with your baby at a certain time or on a certain day. Inadequate privacy settings also allow others to track your movements using embedded information in pictures posted online.
- FBI Crimes Against Children Unit suggests that new parents may not want to display the traditional pink or blue balloons outside their homes announcing a baby shower or a new arrival. “Doing so will advise random strangers that you have a new baby in the house or will soon,” said FBI Intelligence Analyst Ashli-Jade Douglas.
- People in general and especially new and expectant mothers should be aware of their surroundings whenever they are out in public. “Is someone too interested in your pregnancy or your newborn, asking too many questions or sounding odd?” Douglas asked. “Those may be red flags.”
- Lastly, any type of incident or odd behavior should be reported to local authorities. “You may not think it’s important,” Douglas explained, “but that type of information allows us to track incidents and it could help prevent future abductions.”
Source: fbi.gov
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