in 1983 one sunday morning my husband and 2 year old son walked to the local shop through the underpass and on the neighbhouring estate. he cam back after a short while and asked was the boy with me!!!! He said he had been in the small shop and my son must have walked out, without being spotted, my husband hoped he had come home, he hadn't, I rang the police, my sister, my parents and my brother. the police responded immediately and my parents and family were there within 10 minutes. I stayed at the house. 30 minutes later a police dog van pulled up with my son in the passenger seat. he had walked the wronmg way and the policeman found him playing with other children under a subway. he had recognised him from the description , and called his name out. It was the worst 40 minutes I ever could imagine, but I had done everything I could have done. his father was never allowed to take the kids anywhere on his own after that. If I had waited an hour, god knows what would have happened.