Kidnapped
 

4:00 PM

This is totally off topic but since there are so many of you guys and you are such wonderful and compassionate people I just have to ask for your help.

This morning at 6:30 AM a little 16 year old girl was taken at gunpoint and forced into a van. She was out running near her home in a small town only 20 miles from me. She goes to the same high school as my granddaughter and they play on the same softball team. In fact, they had a softball game last night and the parents and grandmother of this beautiful teenager was sitting right below us.

Of course, every available law enforcement person is looking for her and they have an AMBER ALERT but so far no leads. I live in a small town in Kansas where there is very little crime and people don't even lock their doors or take the keys out of their cars. I guess EVIL is everywhere.

I feel so bad for the family. I can only imagine the pain they must be going through. I keep thinking about my teenage granddaughters. Please say a prayer for Kelsie and her family. I know there is power in prayer. Thank you.

How awful. I hope I never have to go through anything like that. I will most definitely keep them in my prayers.

Please keep us posted.

I'm in Lenexa, KS and watching the Amber Alert. What a sad story! Where exactly is Independence located?

Kelsie
 

Kelsie, you are in my prayers, that you may return home safety. :)


"I pray that the lord keep you wrapped in his loving arms, and return you home safe and sound"..
AMEN!

So, so terrible
 

My God that is just awful. That poor girl. I hope she returns home safe. How can people like this exist. Those poor parents as well. That is just so sad. Kelsie will definetly be in my prayers.....

Everytime I read one of these stories it hits SO close to home .....I had that happen to me when I was nine and was very lucky..I was able to get away.....

It's such a scary scary world out there and I said a prayer for that little girl. Her family must be losing their minds. :(

OMG! Villette I had no idea! I am so glad that you are ok!


I will be keeping this family in my thoughts and prayers! This is really close to me too I live in MO!

It was a long time ago and until I grew up I really didn't know how lucky I was....

Our times are WAY WORSE now then they were then and anytime we hear these stories it's usually a horrible horrible outcome...

I'm praying that girl is one of the few that is found ALIVE. I just can't believe how evil men can be to think they can just TAKE a person off the street ...especially a child. :mad:

I will say a prayer for her safe and speedy return.
Villette I'm so glad youwere able to get away especially being so young.

Please Keep Us Posted!
 

The most horrible thing is what they must be putting her through. I hate to even think of it. I hope that if/when she is found (alive OF COURSE!) that she gets counseling. I don't pray...but she's certainly in my thoughts. I hope that she comes home safe soon!

People like this make me sick. Here is Arizona we have the right to carry guns and let me tell you what I'd do if I saw something like this taking place...well, you know!

I feel so bad for this girl. I am close to Independence as well. It has been on the radio all morning I hope news gets out everywhere so they can find this poor girl.
Unfortunately they dont have a lot of info on the van except that it is white.
I will be praying for this girl and her family.

No doubt they've already dumped the van by now. I really really hope that someone comes forward with new information!

Here is the link:
www.ksamber.org
and our paper did a story on it too.
http://www.morningsun.net/stories/04...60411001.shtml

Such a pretty girl! I cant imagine what her family is going through!

This girl was found alive!! I have no other info, but that's good news anyway!!

YAY! I was just reading this thread, that is great news!!!! Keep us updated, someone!!!

Thank God
 

Thank God she was found alive hopefully she is doing ok. I am a mother of two daughters and I can't even imagine what her mother must be going though. My prayers are with her and her family.

God bless them all. How horrible!

That Amber alert was quick. I clicked on the link and it had said there are no missing children in Kansas already! I found the news story saying that she had been found! This is great news!
Missing teen found unharmed

Story by Associated Press

10:37 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Independence, KS — A 16-year-old girl reportedly abducted from her southeast Kansas neighborhood early Tuesday morning turned up late Tuesday night at a nearby house, apparently unharmed.

49 News had complete coverage of the Amber Alert issued early Tuesday for 16-year-old Kelsey Lynn Stelting. View and read the story about the missing teen that aired on 49 News at 10.

Independence Police Chief Lee Bynum said Kelsey Lynn Stelting is being interviewed by the FBI and investigators from his department.

Authorities issued an Amber Alert after Kelsey's disappearance was reported about 6:30 Tuesday morning.

The talented, well-liked high school junior had gone outside to get a bag of softball bats from the family car for a scheduled double-header Tuesday night.

Police and her parents said later they believed an armed man approached Kelsey and ordered her to run to a nearby lumber company, where she was told to get into a white van.

At some point, she was able to call 911 one a cell phone.

The vehicle headed south on U.S. 75 toward the Oklahoma border, about 15 miles away.

The FBI joined investigators from Kansas and Oklahoma for a massive search throughout the day.

Stay tuned to 49abcnews.com for the latest updates, and tune in for more details on this story on Good Morning Kansas starting at 5:30.

Kelsie was found alive. I don't know all the details yet, but there is supposed to be a press conference this morning. I will fill you in on the details later. Thank you all for your concern and your prayers.
It is always bad to hear about any child or teenager taken and so many of them are never found until it's too late. This teenager was someone I knew because of my granddaughter playing softball with her and she was taken from a small town here in Kansas. As I mentioned in my other post, we don't expect things like this to happen in our small communities like they do in the larger cities.

I have two teenage granddaughters who live there in Independence and two who live in Pittsburg going to college. I hope they catch whoever put this girl and her family and friends through this. I am so thankful it didn't turn out like most of these cases.

Oh what great news. I am glad to hear everything turned out with a happy ending.

Thank God
 

Wow, I am so glad that they found her. I hope she will be okay and her family as well. Once more the power of prayer seems to have worked. Still it is terrible that poor girl and her family had to go threw this. Just terrible..

I am so glad that she was found unharmed, I heard it on the radio this morning and was so relieved!

the police are know saying it was a hoax, dont have all the details yet but I will watch the news later to find out.

Authorities in Independence, Kansas, say a 16-year-old girl's tale of being kidnapped at gunpoint from the driveway of her home this week was a hoax.

The police and FBI said Kelsey Stelting acknowledged this morning that "the abduction she had previously reported to police did not happen."

In a written statement, law officers said the girl told them that "all of the original statements she made regarding the abduction were false and that she acted alone."

Stelting, who was missing for about 15 hours Tuesday, had said she was kept in a white van and clobbered her assailant to escape. In a 911 call to police early Tuesday, the teenager said she had been kidnapped at gunpoint from the driveway of her home, forced to run to a white van in front of a lumber yard several blocks away and then forced inside.

The FBI brought in 30 agents and other personnel to join a search that already included police and county officers, and authorities issued an Amber Alert.

http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2006/a...ax_police_say/

Here is a story about why she did it:
http://www.ksn.com/news/stories/12305944.html

IMO..the girl needs some major help. I really hope she's punished for it!