Missing Child Email Hoax - Ashley Flores
Over the past year you may have received a false about Ashley Flores. Usually a helpless family member is pleading for your help to find the missing 13 year old girl.
The message will also include a photo of the victim which tempts you to hastily forward the message to others without verifying whether the case is true. Despite our hopes of a quick child recovery, the email lacks vital and imperative information concerning missing children.
Such vital information consists of; Date of birth, Ethnicity, Height, Weight, Hair color, Eye color, Law enforcement contact information, Place last seen, and Clothing description.
The Ashley Flores internet hoax is not unique. The email joins a list of other false emails such as Penny Brown, Christopher Mineo, Evan Trembley, and Kelsey Jones.
Sometimes a missing person’s message will contain the words “Amber Alert”. To be considered for an AMBER Alert the case must fit into specific criteria.
1. There is reasonable belief by law enforcement that an abduction has occurred.
2. The abduction is of a child aged 17 years or younger.
3. The law-enforcement agency believes that the child is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death.
4. There is enough descriptive information about the victim and the abduction for law enforcement to believe that the public will be able to assist in the recovery of the child.
Ashley Flores’ email is not an AMBER Alert. As a resource, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) contains an archive of all the open and closed missing children’s cases in America.
If you receive a missing child email, please utilize these resources before you forward it:
• Visit the city’s local news channel sites to find a report or an article
• Google the child’s name or visit www.snopes.com
• Visit AmberAlert.com
• Visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
If your searches cannot verify the email, it is most likely untrue. Please delete false missing person emails and discourage the sender from forwarding them onto others. Thank you for supporting our efforts.
