Kansas City police locate teen, infant reported missing since Wednesday afternoon
Update: Police said Thursday evening the 15-year-old and her two-month-old son were both found safe.
Kansas City police were asking the public for help to find a teenager and two-month-old reported missing on Wednesday afternoon.
Police say Sapphire Stinson, 15, left the 7400 block of Bellefontaine Avenue around 2:20 p.m. with her son, Saphir.
They were seen getting into an Uber that was bound for St. Luke’s Hospital’s Crittenton Children’s Center in the Ruskin Hills neighborhood at 10918 Elm Avenue.
The mother and son did not arrive at the destination, police said. Further details were not immediately disclosed by police.
Police were asking that anyone with information concerning their whereabouts contact KCPD’s homicide and missing persons section at 816-234-5043.
This story was originally published May 11, 2023 at 1:23 AM.
CORRECTION: Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the gender of the missing infant. The two-month old is a boy.
