Manny Abarca’s wife says she’s ‘desperate,’ hasn’t seen toddler son for 5 days

Five days after she last saw her 2-year-old son, the wife of Jackson County legislator Manuel “Manny” Abarca IV pleaded for evidence that he was safe and would be coming home soon.

“I am just desperate for my son,” Alexis Garcia Abarca said in a text message to The Star Monday evening.

Asked if she had any idea where her husband might be other than their home in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast area, Garcia said she was unsure…

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