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Overland Park police find woman, 64, who went missing when driving to grab dinner

The Overland Park Public Safety Commitee will vote Wednesday to allow the police department to purchase body cameras. This Google Maps satellite image was taken in May of 2018.
The Overland Park Public Safety Commitee will vote Wednesday to allow the police department to purchase body cameras. This Google Maps satellite image was taken in May of 2018. Google Maps

Update: Overland Park police said in an email at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday that Barbara Spearman had been found safe.

Overland Park police are asking for the public’s help finding a woman who has been missing since Monday.

A Silver Alert was issued Tuesday morning to help find Barbara Spearman, a 64-year-old resident of Overland park who has medical conditions that require she take medication, police said.

She has not been heard from since she left her home Monday evening to pick up dinner.

Police said they don’t know where Spearman may be, but said she was driving a bright red 2008 Toyota Camry with license plate number 084NBG. The license plate frame reads “OU Sooners,” police said.

She was last known to be wearing a dark blue t-shirt, purple sweatpants and white tennis shoes.

Anyone who knows where Spearman might be is asked to call Overland Park police at 913-895-6300.

This story was originally published May 3, 2022 at 6:35 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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