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KCPD: Missing, endangered 24-year-old woman found safe

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Posted 9:07 PM, Apr 05, 2025
and last updated 12:27 AM, Apr 06, 2025

UPDATE | The woman was located safe, per police.

ORIGINAL STORY | The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing and endangered 24-year-old woman.

Ohninie Blackwell was last seen in the area of Bannister and Holmes roads in KCMO on Saturday at around 1:30 p.m.

Police said Blackwell was wearing a white sweater, dark leggings and a black hat.

Blackwell is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 105 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.

She is occupying a gray Chevy Impala with an expired Missouri temp tag, police said.

Blackwell's family is worried about her due to her mental health condition.

She is also believed to be armed, according to police.

Anyone with information about Blackwell should call the Kansas City Missouri Police Department Missing Persons Unit at (816) 234-5043 or call 911.

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