The Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for a missing child.
The 8 year old Black female was taken around 1 p.m. from the 14-hundred block of Shadycreek Ct. The suspect is a 36 year old Black man, 5'8" and 165 lbs.
The Patrol says the man is the child's father who does not have custody and that he stabbed and injured the child's mother before taking the girl. The Patrol says the man also threatened the girl.
The wanted vehicle is a 2017 Ford Edge with a Maryland license plate 2GY1598.
That vehicle was found in the Frontenac area but the suspect and missing child were not. They have not been found.
