Where Are the Kids?
Operation verified

Operation This Is The Way Home

Louisiana / New Orleans metro

Reported / announced2021-07-01
Record statusVerified
CHILDREN FOUND contribution39
19 recovered; 20 located/self-returned
The event

What happened

Four-month New Orleans operation focused on Orleans, Jefferson and St. Tammany parishes, with recoveries across multiple states.

Purpose

Recover missing and endangered runaways in the New Orleans metro area.

Disclosure note: No individual child identities are stored.

The numbers

Reported outcomes

19
Recovered

Source wording: “19 recovered”

Exact Operation Total Included in CHILDREN FOUND
Evidence →
20
Safely Located

Source wording: “20 located/self-returned”

Exact Operation Total Included in CHILDREN FOUND
Evidence →
The people and agencies

Who went looking

U.S. Marshals ServiceLead federal partner
The receipts

Sources

Every public claim on this record should lead back to identifiable evidence. Open a source to see its publication details and associated records.

primary U.S. Marshals Service — U.S. Marshals Operation ~This Is The Way Home~ Recovers 19 Missing Endangered Children 2021-07-01

Supports: Operation outcome, scope, or metric claim.
How to read this page

Source terminology is preserved where material. A public record can remain Researching or Needs Follow-up without contributing to CHILDREN FOUND; the counter uses the higher evidentiary threshold shown above.

Read the methodology →
Phase Two v0.53 · Alpha Tools