CAMP Capt. Joel McNelly speaking at a press briefing May 19, 2021.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has located more than 150 missing teens and children in a special operation with the U.S. Marshals Service and other community organizations.
The investigation dubbed Operation Carolina Homecoming focused on finding children who had been missing for a prolonged period of time and who had remained unaccounted for despite previous attempts to locate them.
CMPD Capt. Joel McNelly told reporters Wednesday that investigators spent months identifying and locating the youth the majority of whom had been missing for more than six months. Some had been missing for more than a year, McNelly said.
Over 150 Missing Children Found by North Carolina Police
On 5/20/21 at 10:40 AM EDT
More than 150 missing children have been recovered in 2021 as part of an extensive police operation in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area.
During a press conference on Wednesday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) confirmed that it had recovered at least 157 runaway and missing juveniles as part of a search called Operation Carolina Homecoming.
The department said that its Missing Persons Unit had recovered more than 130 children in the first four months of the year, according to the
Charlotte Observer, before finding an additional 27 between April 26 and May 7.
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A hot topic symposia session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting will discuss a multipronged approach to addressing childhood adversity and promoting resilience - at the clinical, systems, community and educational levels.
The effect of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health outcomes across the lifespan is well recognized among pediatric practitioners. Increasing the ability of healthcare providers to recognize and respond to ACEs can buffer the long-term negative physical and mental health impacts of adversity and increase patient-centered care.