Crime

Kansas City police find missing 12-year-old boy

Update: Police on Oct. 15 said Christian had been found and was safe.

Kansas City police are asking for the public’s help finding a 12-year-old boy who went missing Wednesday.

Christian Herron was last seen at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the area of East 114th Street and Richmond Avenue, according to a news release from the Kansas City Police Department.

He is about 5-feet-3-inches tall with black hair and brown eyes and weighs about 129 pounds, police said.

When he went missing, Christian was wearing a gray hoodies, black Nike shoes and was carrying a black backpack, according to the release..

Police are asking anyone who sees Christian or knows where he’s at to call 911 or contact the department’s missing person’s unit at 816-234-5136.

This story was originally published October 14, 2021 at 8:15 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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