ABSTRACT
Children as victims account for a disproportionate number of no-body homicide prosecutions. Most die at the hands of a parent, guardian, and other caregiver. Crime scenes are controlled by the killer. Small bodies are easy to dispose of. This chapter argues the most important advantage these killers have in avoiding arrest is their control over the information about the child to authorities. In several cases, authorities did not know a child was missing for decades. In a few, the child’s very existence was invisible. It’s possible other children have been murdered without there being even a missing person’s report.
