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How Many Children Really Go Missing?


Posted Friday, Jan. 19, 2007, at 6:43 PM ET

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Friday, Jan. 19, 2007

Summary Judgment: The Hitcher, The Italian, The Dead Girl
A roundup of reviews for the week's new movies in today's "Summary Judgment": The Hitcher, The Italian, and The Dead Girl. Critics were charmed by The Italian, a film in Russian with English subtitles. The mystery The Dead Girl earned good notices as well, while the horror remake The Hitcher was—ominously—not made available for review. Listen to the segment.

Explainer: Figures on Missing Children
Many news accounts covering the Missouri kidnapping case claim that more than 800,000 are missing in the United States. The figures are fairly reliable, but often misinterpreted. Andy Bowers offers an explanation of how those figures are calculated. Listen to the segment.

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