Amber Alert Issued for Nazarene Girl

Taken from NCNNews.com

April 11, 2006

Independence, Kansas

Amber Alert issued for Kelsey Stelting

Kansas authorities have issued an Amber Alert for 17 year-old Kelsey Stelting, taken from her home this morning (April 11).

According to KCTV5 television in Kansas City, a male reportedly took her from her home at 215 E. Pine St. in Independence, Kansas (located in southeast Kansas) to a business called Wood Lumber, about two blocks away. There, she was forced into a white van of unknown year and make.

The van then left, possibly southbound on U.S. Highway 75 at about 6:35 A.M., but authorities weren’t sure where the van was heading, KCTV5’s Sandra Olivas reported.

Stelting was wearing black gym clothes or workout attire.

She is described as being 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 110 pounds. She has blond hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with any information is urged to call 911, the Independence, Kansas Police Department at 620-332-1700 or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-KS-CRIME.

The Stelting family is actively involved in the Independence Church of the Nazarene. The church contacted NCN News this morning requesting assistance. They are asking Nazarenes around the world for their prayers to help bring Kelsey home safely.

For continuous updates on this Amber Alert, see the following Kansas Amber Plan web site: http://www.ksamber.org/srv-ksamber/showAlert.do?alert=381.

--NCN News