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 will be held this weekend for Jacob Wetterling.

 to the abduction and murder of Jacob, we've repeatedly heard from parents who say they changed how they parented in the wake of the Wetterling case. 

How the Jacob Wetterling case transformed Minnesota's way of life

, from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, about how the Wetterling case — and it's resolution — affected the country. 

Given the rarity of stranger abductions, how does the organization   raise awareness about this issue without panicking parents about an unlikely abduction?

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Robert Lowery, from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, joined Tom Weber to talk about how the Wetterling case - and it's resolution - affected the country.

Robert Lowery, from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, joined Tom Weber to talk about how the Wetterling case - and it's resolution - affected the country. Given the rarity of stranger abductions, how does the organization balance trying to raise awareness about this issue with not panicking parents about an unlikely abduction?

How do you prevent abductions without terrifying parents?

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