What's wrong is the hold the MSM has on people and this story is another example of the illusions people suffer under which just aren't based on reality. The power of the MSM over people's thinking and behavior is way scarier than would-be kidnappers.
They did it last Fall with the economy and they did it with global warming and this is just another example of how they operate IMO.
Unless the media is making child abduction stories up, I see parents' reactions as quite reasonable.