KC police ask for help finding missing woman and daughter, 2

Kansas City police have asked for the public’s help finding a missing 27-year-old Kansas City woman and her 2-year-old daughter.

Nicole J. Nelson and her daughter Dajahnay J. Nelson last were seen about about 5:20 p.m. near 58th Street and Prospect Avenue after leaving their home near 32nd Street and Walrond Avenue.

Nelson, who has a traumatic brain injury that has left her with a mental capacity of a teenager, is described as a black woman, about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds. She has her hair in corn rows and was wearing a cream shirt and black leggings.

Her toddler was described as 2 feet tall and about 30 pounds. Dajahnay possibly was wearing a pink shirt, jeans and pink jelly shoes.

Police ask anyone who has seen them to call the Homicide Unit at 816-234-5043 or the Missing Person Unit at 816-234-5136.

Robert A. Cronkleton, bcronkleton@kcstar.com

This story was originally published August 27, 2015 at 7:26 AM with the headline "KC police ask for help finding missing woman and daughter, 2."