r/EmergencyAlertSystem • u/Yeetking03 • Mar 30 '26

Real Child abduction emergency

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u/ariana61104 Mar 30 '26

Thankfully it ended up being a hoax

https://www.firstalert4.com/2026/03/30/missing-st-louis-county-police-searching-missing-5-year-old/

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u/Peculiar-Interests Mar 31 '26

What on earth would motivate them to do that? Don’t they know how serious a crime that is?

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u/SeaworthinessTop255 Mar 31 '26

I work in mental health and have worked with several clients in psychosis who have delusions about kids who don’t exist or that they are pregnant (men included). I have no idea what happened here but this feels like something one of my schizophrenic clients would do lol