The boy's disappearance raised awareness of child abductions and led to new ways to search for missing children.

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That child gave a different account, telling the New York Daily News that Wilson and another boy approached him and both reached into his pocket before Wilson struck him in the face.

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The boy's disappearance was thought to raise awareness of child abductions and led to new ways to search for missing children.

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