Los Angeles loses almost 500 foster children

Hundreds of foster children in the Los Angeles County child-welfare system can’t be found, and officials believe most of them have been abducted by relatives or guardians.

Hundreds of foster children in the Los Angeles County child-welfare system can’t be found, and officials believe most of them have been abducted by relatives or guardians.

A study by the Department of Children and Family Services found the United States’ largest foster care system – with about 50,000 children – was unable to find 488.

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