Virginia State Police are pushing back against a wave of social media posts claiming there has been a spike in mass child abductions across the Commonwealth, saying there is no evidence to support those claims.

Virginia State Police is addressing rumors circulating on social media about mass abductions and missing children cases spiking across the state, asserting the claims are unfounded.

Virginia State Police says there is no evidence of a “mass kidnapper” anywhere in the Commonwealth. This claim started spreading through viral TikTok’s and Facebook posts, but police want to debunk it immediately. State Police say in reality, most missing child cases in Virginia are runaways, and most come home quickly.