When Soul Asylum released their video to "Runaway Train," did it help find any missing children?

Question

When Soul Asylum released their video to "Runaway Train," did it help find any missing children?

Answer 1

I was looking into this tonight after I saw the video for the first time in over 10 years, here's what I cam up with:

Wilda Mae Benoit - Never Found, family still looking for her as of 2003

Byron Eric Page, 1992 - Still Missing, foul play is suspected.  Last seen at a bus stop going to a record store, they never saw him at the store

Curtis Anthony Huntzinger, 1990 - Never Found.  An innmate in San Quentin claims he shot Curtis to death, along with another boy he has been convicted of murdering.

Christopher Matthew Kerze, 1990 - His mother stated in approx 2004 the local police received a letter postmarked in Seattle, Washington, asking them to stop looking for Christopher and saying that he will come home when he is ready. His family thinks he might be in that area, and they wonder if he had a head injury which made him forget who he was and where he was from.

Martha Wes Dunn, 1990 - Never Found.  Presumed to be traveling with a male companion in Oklahoma possibly.

Thomas Gibson, 1991 - (This is the child at the end that'd a baby) Missing since 2 1/2.  Last seen in his front yard of his Oregon home.  His father is believed to have murdered him http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/show...

Christina Ann Wood, 1991 - Couldn't find anything, presumed found

Ginger Sue Hudson, 1991 - Couldn't find anything, one site just said she was found.  Not sure if it was a happ ending or not though.

Darlene Michelle Hungerford, 1991 - Found according to a few links I came accross, no other information provided

Heather Lee Yagle, 1990 - Found according to a site I came accross.

Berenice Espinoza, 1992 - same as above

Michelle Ann Farley, 1992 - see above

Emily Tamara Pois, 1992 - same as above

Answer 2

"The video was very successful in reuniting many of the missing children with their families. Some of the children even saw themselves in the video and returned home. In 2006, guitarist Dan Murphy stated in an interview with Pasadena Weekly that some of children who were found were not returned to the best of conditions: "Some weren’t the best scenarios. I met a fireman on the East Coast whose daughter was in the end of the video, and he’d been in a bitter custody battle with his wife over her,” Murphy said. “It turned out the girl hadn’t run away, but was killed and buried in her backyard by her mother. Then on tour, another girl told us laughingly ‘You ruined my life’ because she saw herself on the video at her boyfriend’s house and it led her being forced back into a bad home situation."