2-year-old was left at home with other children before she went missing, police say

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – The 2-year-old who was missing for hours Wednesday morning in South City had been left home alone with other children, investigators say.

On Wednesday morning, St. Louis police launched a multiple-hour search for a 2-year-old girl who had been reported missing in the 3800 block of Minnesota Avenue. Police say at some time between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m., the 2-year-old girl had walked out of her home. She was found unharmed around 1:30 p.m. that day with an unhoused person in the 3700 block of Minnesota Avenue.

Police on Thursday said their investigation revealed the 2-year-old had been left alone with two other children around the time she had walked out of her home…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS