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by viraptor 2797 days ago
According to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_in_the_United_Sta... (although the numbers are not super clear), the kidnapping is almost nonexistent outside of parents kidnapping their kids. It seems other cases are at ~100 a year.

I'm ignoring the kidnapping by parents in this case, because they don't seem swat-worthy. Children are likely kidnapped by parents that want them, rather than with intention to hurt them / get ransom. (Yes, it can be also an unstable person who lost rights for a good reason. I don't have stats on that though :-( )