Majoy also serves as the board president of Cleveland Missing, an Ohio nonprofit that offers direct support for friends and families that are searching for a missing loved one.
He called the number of missing children, whose ages range from 12 to 17, unprecedented when speaking to reporters.
“There’s always peaks and valleys with missing persons, but this year it seems like an extraordinary year,” he told Fox News Digital.
“For some reason, in 2023, we’ve seen a lot more than we normally see, which is troubling in part because we don’t know what’s going on with some of these kids, whether they’re being trafficked or whether they’re involved in gang activity or drugs.
Cleveland police recorded that the kids were reported missing between May 2 and May 16.
Majoy believes that the majority of the cases are likely runaways rather than abductions, but he warned that teenagers are naive and more likely to be taken advantage of by predators, who he referred to as “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
The disappearances don’t make the news unless there is an Amber Alert, said Majoy, adding that their stories aren’t being showcased on social media.
For an Amber Alert to be issued, there are strict criteria that must be met such as the police having a reasonable belief that there has been an abduction and that the child is in imminent danger of serious bodily harm or death.