I survived the nightmare of my daughter’s predatory abduction, and have  used that knowledge to learn, grow, evolve, and now teach!

My twelve-year-old daughter Polly was kidnapped from a slumber party on Oct. 1, 1993. We searched for sixty-five days only to learn that she had been kidnapped, raped, and murdered. It was a brutal and unimaginable experience that nobody should have to endure. Her killer now resides on California’s death row.

I founded the KlaasKids Foundation to give meaning to Polly’s death and vowed that I would help other families desperate to find their missing children. Since 1994, the KlaasKids Foundation has assisted more than 1,500 families to search for their missing loved ones.

A community volunteer search becomes necessary if the missing child has not been recovered quickly and disappeared under suspicious circumstances.  The KlaasKids Community Search Resource Manual is available for free by clicking on the Download E-Book button below. It outlines and explains how to help the family and law enforcement in the first 24-hours as well as the critical elements of a kidnap recovery effort, including strategies that promote inter-agency cooperation and encourage community involvement.