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Several years after he disappeared, Patz was one of the first children to be profiled on the "photo on a milk carton" campaigns of the early 1980s. [4] In 1983, President Ronald Reagan designated May 25—the anniversary of Etan's disappearance—as National Missing Children's Day in the United States.
In 1979, when the six-year-old boy went missing on the way to the schoolbus in Manhattan, [5] there had been no system in the United States for tracking missing children nationwide. [6] In 1985, Patz's photo was printed on milk cartons so that consumers purchasing milk at retail markets could be encouraged to look for the missing child. [5]
Kevin Andrew Collins (born January 24, 1974 –— disappeared February 10, 1984) gained national attention as one of the first missing children to appear on milk cartons and on the cover of national publications, such as Newsweek magazine in 1984. [1]
In 1984, Gosch's photograph appeared alongside that of another Des Moines Register paperboy, Eugene Martin, who had gone missing that year, on milk cartons produced by the Des Moines–based Anderson Erickson Dairy. [17] Gosch was among the first missing children who had their plights publicized in this way. [18] [19]
The disappearance attracted interest from the public. One of the first "milk carton kids", Matthews' picture, and date of disappearance was printed on the side of milk cartons for a period of time as part of a nationwide effort to find missing children. [14]
The Wisconsin State Farmer reports that some schools are distributing fresh milk to students in plastic pouches after two milk carton plants closed last year. The shortage could last until early ...
The man was “unaware” he didn’t bring the child to a Connecticut grocery store, cops say. Man reports missing child, but forgot the kid was at home, cops say. He’s been charged
A cold case from 1959 involving a missing 7-year-old came to a conclusion last week through DNA identification, decades after charges against the boy's adoptive parents were dropped for lack of ...