Foto pada kemasan susu: Perbedaan antara revisi

Pada tahun 1979 tidak ada sistem di [[Amerika Serikat]] untuk melacak anak-anak hilang secara nasional.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/upshot/etan-patz-history-missing-kids-milk-cartons-193522080.html|title=Etan Patz and the history of missing kids on milk cartons|last=Zap|first=Claudine|date={{date|25 May 2012}}|access-date={{date|16 February 2017}}|archive-date=2022-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127190855/https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/upshot/etan-patz-history-missing-kids-milk-cartons-193522080.html|dead-url=no}}</ref> Pada tahun 1979, Etan Patz, seorang anak berusia enam tahun, hilang.<ref name="LaFrance 2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/when-bad-news-was-printed-on-milk-cartons/516675/|title=When Bad News Was Printed on Milk Cartons|last=LaFrance|first=Adrienne|date={{date|14 February 2017}}|work=The Atlantic|access-date={{date|16 February 2017}}|archive-date=2023-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710165225/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/when-bad-news-was-printed-on-milk-cartons/516675/|dead-url=no}}</ref> Pada tahun 1985, fotonya dicetak pada karton susu sehingga konsumen yang membeli susu di pasar ritel dapat didorong untuk mencari anak tersebut. Etan Patz adalah anak pertama yang fotonya dicetak di kemasan susu sebagai upaya pencariannya.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/05/11/who-really-killed-etan-patz.html|title=The Original Milk-Carton Kid|last=McElwaine|first=Sandra|date={{date|11 May 2009}}|work=The Daily Beast|access-date={{date|16 February 2017}}|archive-date=2017-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310072339/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/05/11/who-really-killed-etan-patz.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Pada tahun 1985, 700 dari 1.600 perusahaan independen di Amerika Serikat mengadopsi praktik penerbitan foto-foto anak-anak yang hilang di kemasan susu.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/04/etan_patz_case_why_did_dairies_put_missing_children_on_their_milk_cartons_.html|title=Why Did Missing Children Start Showing Up on Milk Cartons?|last=Palmer|first=Brian|date=20 April 2012|work=Slate|access-date={{date|16 February 2017}}|archive-date=2018-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223102827/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/04/etan_patz_case_why_did_dairies_put_missing_children_on_their_milk_cartons_.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Upaya tersebut mulai memudar pada akhir tahun 1980-an, dan sekarang digantikan oleh sistem [[Amber alert]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/20/etan-patz-a-brief-history-of-the-missing-child-milk-carton|title=Etan Patz: A Brief History of the ‘Missing Child’ Milk Carton Campaign|last=Springer|first=Kate|work=Time|language=|issn=0040-781X|access-date={{date|2017-06-05}}|archive-date=2023-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724062858/https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/20/etan-patz-a-brief-history-of-the-missing-child-milk-carton-campaign/|dead-url=no}}</ref>