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The Polly Klaas Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to preventing crimes against children, assisting in the recovery of missing children , and lobbying for legislative assistance. The foundation was formed October 23, 1993 to search for Polly Klaas.
Marc Klaas, Polly's father, is not associated with this foundation.
Polly Hannah Klaas ( January 3, 1981 - October- November 1993) was a kidnap and murder victim whose case gained national attention.
At the age of twelve, she was kidnapped at knifepoint from her home in Petaluma, California on October 1, 1993. She was later strangled. Richard Allen Davis was convicted of the crimes, in 1996, and sentenced to death.
Polly had invited two of her friends over for a sleepover. Around 10:30 PM Klaas opened her bedroom door to fetch sleeping bags, when she saw a man with a knife. He tied the girls up, told Klaas' friends to count to one thousand, and then kidnapped her. Over the two months, about 4,000 people helped search for her. Television shows such as 20/2020/20 is a refferal to standard quality of vision see also Snellen chart 20/20 is an American television newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. The show was created by Roone Arledge. The original news anchors were veteran journalists Harold Hay and America's Most WantedAmerica's Most Wanted is a long-running TV show produced by 20th Century Fox and running on the Fox Network that profiles fugitives wanted for violent crimes, often including those currently on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list (see FBI ten most wanted fugit covered the kidnapping. Winona RyderWinona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz is an American actress born on October 29, 1971 in Winona, Minnesota to Michael and Cindy Horowitz. She was named after her birthplace. Notable family friends included her godfather Timothy Leary and Beat poet Alle offered a $200,000 reward for her safe return.
In the course of the search, police officers encountered Davis in a nearby rural area. His car was stuck in the mud. Since the original sketch issued by the staff police artist bore no resemblance to Davis, they helped him out of the mud, and sent him on his way. It was discovered, later, that Klaas was buried alive at this time, and the meeting with the police may have prompted Davis to kill her.
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See also: Megan Nicole Kanka FoundationThe Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation is a non-profit charity founded by the family of Megan Kanka with the intent of preventing crimes against children. Megan's death resulted in the New Jersey Legislature passing Megan's Law which requires notification when, Laura Recovery CenterLRC Logo The Laura Recovery Center is a foundation designed to foster communication between law enforcement, families, and local communities in their efforts to recover lost and abducted children. The center was founded by Bob and Gay Smither in response, Samantha Runyon, Elizabeth Smart, Dru Sjodin