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* In the backstory of ''Literature/WhereAreTheChildren'', Nancy's children went missing and were eventually found [[OutlivingOnesoffspring murdered]]. Seven years later, the same thing happens ''again'' with her new family, though this time there's a chance the children can be saved.
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* In ''Series/Dark2017'' several kids go missing. Some of them have been kidnapped by the Sic Mundus group, while others have just wandered off through a time portal. The search for Mikkel Nielsen drives much of the first season.

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* ''Literature/TheGideonTrilogy:'' Kate and Peter vanish due to a time-machine accident, and the narrative regularly cuts back to the present day to follow the police search for them and the effect of their disappearance on their parents and Kate's younger siblings.
* ''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps'': The second book focuses on the main character's younger brother Denny going missing due to stepping into a time machine.



* ''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps'': The second book focuses on the main character's younger brother Denny going missing due to stepping into a time machine.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HildaAndTheMountainKing'', Hilda is turned into a troll and her mother Johanna spends most of the movie looking for her.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/HildaAndTheMountainKing'', Hilda is turned into a troll and her mother Johanna spends most of the movie and her friends David and Frida go looking for her.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HildaAndTheMountainKing'', Hilda is turned into a troll and her mother Johanna spends most of the movie looking for her.
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* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': When the Swamp arc starts, an eight-year-old girl in Riverdeen named Lily has gone missing, with the rebels trying to pin the blame on the local Lurdens, and her mother is desperate enough to plead for Phobos' help. Deciding to start his campaign to [[VillainWithGoodPublicity gather supporters]] by rescuing the child, Phobos discovers that the rebels captured her for trying to pass to the capital a message about their abuse of authority in the region.

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* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': When the Swamp arc starts, an eight-year-old girl in Riverdeen named Lily has gone missing, with the rebels trying to pin the blame on the local Lurdens, and her mother is desperate enough to plead for Phobos' help. Deciding to start his campaign to [[VillainWithGoodPublicity gather supporters]] by rescuing the child, Phobos discovers that the rebels captured her for associating with a field of Whisperers and trying to pass to the capital a message about their abuse of authority in the region.region. He then successfully rescues her and the other people held captive in an abandoned fortress, and thus earns the trust of the majority of Riverdeen.
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* Some ''Series/ColdCase'' episodes about the murder of a child--"Shuffle, Ball Change", "It Takes A Village"--started out as examples of these.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Braceface}}'' episode "Twenty Four Hours" Sharon's little brother Josh runs away after feeling neglected when Sharon would rather spend time with her friends than help him with piano. They find him hiding in his snow fort.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Braceface}}'' episode "Twenty Four Hours" Sharon's little brother Josh runs away after feeling neglected when Sharon would rather spend time with her friends than help him with piano. They find him hiding in his snow fort.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AThousandAndOneAmericas'': In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Braceface}}'' episode "Twenty Four Hours" Sharon's little brother Josh runs away after feeling neglected when Sharon would rather spend time tenth episode, Chris and his pet dog Lon help a priest find the whereabouts of a child who got lost in the interior of the Chavín de Huántar, and manage to pinpoint his location thanks to Lon having followed the trace of the kid's smell with her friends than the help him with piano. They find him hiding in of his snow fort.stray clothes.

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