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Belton police find 13-year-old girl who went missing Saturday afternoon

Update: Police in an update within 24 hours of the original request for help said Lazarria Lowe had been found.

Belton police are asking for help finding a 13-year-old girl who ran away from home Saturday.

Lazarria Lowe was last seen at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday after leaving her Belton home in black sweatpants and a black hooded sweatshirt. She was also wearing a white scarf around her head, the police department wrote on Facebook.

She sent a message to a family member saying that she was safe, but she turned her phone off after that, police said.

Lazarria is about 5-feet-3 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds, according to the department.

Anyone who knows where Lazarria might be is asked to call the Belton Police Department at 816-331-1500.

This story was originally published October 31, 2021 at 11:46 AM.

Anna Spoerre
The Kansas City Star
Anna Spoerre covers breaking news for the Kansas City Star. Before joining The Star in 2020, she covered crime and courts for the Des Moines Register. Spoerre is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she studied journalism.
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