Two teenagers were detained in Callaway County on Tuesday after a 6-week-old girl went missing from Lebanon, Missouri, located in Laclede County south of the Lake of the Ozarks.
According to a news release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Lebanon Police Department issued a notice regarding an abducted infant at 11:55 a.m.
Troop F, which oversees portions of mid-Missouri, reviewed Flock camera footage and identified sightings of the suspect’s vehicle , a white 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis , in both Cole and Camden counties along U.S. 54. An image of the vehicle was subsequently distributed to all troopers in the area.
A third Flock camera sighting placed the suspect vehicle traveling eastbound at approximately 12:07 p.m. on U.S. 54 near Route J in Callaway County. A trooper located the vehicle west of Fulton and conducted a traffic stop.
The infant was found unharmed, and troopers safely transported her back to her mother in Jefferson City.
The primary suspect, a 17-year-old female, along with an 18-year-old male who was operating the vehicle, were both taken into custody. No details regarding potential charges were immediately made available.
Troopers successfully recovered the baby prior to an Amber Alert being issued, according to the official news release.
