KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol canceled an Amber Alert Saturday after a 2-month-old girl, who was reportedly taken from her mother in St. Louis, was located safely.
The Amber Alert was initially issued shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday.
MSHP says 28-year-old James Steven Richardson Jr. is suspected of abducting 2-month-old Ju'Lynna Seline Wallace-Richardson after assaulting her mother and stealing her mother's black Ford Escape at 4:32 a.m. Saturday at 2853 St. in St. Louis.
Around 11 a.m., the highway patrol updated that Wallace-Richardson was located safely, but Richardson Jr. remained at-large.
The highway patrol says Richardson "is known to be violent and have weapons." He is described as a 28-year-old Black male, weighing 200 pounds and stands 5 feet, 7 inches tall. He was last seen wearing a white shirt and tan shorts.
The vehicle Richardson allegedly stole has also been located, per MSHP.
MSHP says additional updates will be posted "as they are known."
