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Kansas City police find 14-year-old last seen boarding school bus Friday

A woman was killed and a teen wounded in a shooting on Jan. 12, 2023, in Lancaster, South Carolina, officials said.
A woman was killed and a teen wounded in a shooting on Jan. 12, 2023, in Lancaster, South Carolina, officials said. AP file photo

Police in an update Monday morning said Christiana Allen was found and is safe.

Kansas City police were asking the public to help find a 14-year-old missing since she got on the bus for school on Friday morning.

The girl, Christiana Allen, was last seen being picked up by the bus around 6:45 a.m. near the intersection of 109th Street and Hillcrest Road in the Stratford Estates neighborhood, according to police.

Allen is described as 5-foot-7, 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black jacket, pink pants and black-and-white shoes when she was last seen, police said.

Kansas City police were asking anyone who sees Allen to contact the KCPD’s Juvenile Unit at 816-234-5150 or the department’s non-emergency line at 816-234-5111.

Kansas City police were asking the public to help find Christiana Allen, 14, who was last seen Friday morning getting on the school bus near 109th Street and Hillcrest Road.
Kansas City police were asking the public to help find Christiana Allen, 14, who was last seen Friday morning getting on the school bus near 109th Street and Hillcrest Road. Kansas City Police Department

This story was originally published January 13, 2023 at 9:14 PM.

Bill Lukitsch
The Kansas City Star
Bill Lukitsch covered nighttime breaking news for The Kansas City Star since 2021, focusing on crime, courts and police accountability. Lukitsch previously reported on politics and government for The Quad-City Times.
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