Update: Kansas City police find kidnapped 2-year-old girl in stolen car
Update: Khalecia K. Richards has been found and is safe, police said.
Kansas City police are asking the public for help finding a car that was stolen Tuesday evening from a gas station near Central Park with a 2-year-old child inside.
Khalecia K Richards was kidnapped in the vehicle around 5:40 p.m. when the car was stolen from the BP gas station at Linwood Boulevard and Indiana Avenue, Sgt. Jake Becchina, a police spokesman, said in a statement.
The vehicle is described by police as a white 2012 Ford Mustang with a Texas license plate: BCD3598.
Police described the suspected car thief as a Black male wearing a black hat, a red shirt with gold lettering and black shorts.
Richards was wearing a yellow shirt, gray shorts and multicolored tennis shoes when she was taken, police said.
This story was originally published August 17, 2021 at 7:15 PM.
