In 2008, Denise Amber Lee was abducted in Florida and managed to call 911. Despite multiple emergency calls, she wasn’t rescued. Her case later spurred major reforms in 911 training and response.

The FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team established a command posts to assist local law enforcement with the search for Maddox Ritch, an autistic 6-year-old who disappeared in Gastonia, NC, in ...