Kidnapped newborn may be in Kansas
Skidmore, MO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Authorities in Nodaway County, Mo., are awaiting DNA results to find out if a newborn girl in Kansas is the kidnapped child of a slain Missouri woman.
Bobbi Jo Stinnett was strangled Thursday in her home in the small northwest Missouri town of Skidmore, 100 miles northwest of Kansas City. Stinnett, 23, was eight months pregnant and the fetus had been cut from her womb.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert for the newborn who was driven away in a red, two-door hatchback.
Investigators received a tip that led them to a baby girl in Kansas Friday, WLS-TV, Chicago, said.
"The tip is one of those that we thought we really needed to track down and we went after that one," said Nodaway County Sheriff Ben Espey. "We really focused on that hard."
Two people were being questioned.
Espey said the baby appeared healthy although it may be premature.
washingtontimes.com |
