Kelsey Stelting Found Alive

Taken from NCNNews.com
Tuesday, April 11, 2006

On Tuesday morning, April 11, Kansas authorities issued an Amber Alert (missing person alert) for 17 year-old Kelsey Stelting. The alert was issued shortly after she was taken from her home in Independence, Kansas.

Late Tuesday evening, authorities and news entities were reporting Kelsey was found alive in the Independence area.

According to KCTV5 television Tuesday morning in Kansas City, a male reportedly took Kelsey from her home at 215 E. Pine St. in Independence (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.


At approximately 4:08 P.M., the Kansas Amber Plan web site was reporting they had received several leads that were being investigated.

At 10:30 P.M., KCTV5 and the Kansas Amber Plan web site were reporting Stelting was found alive.

The Stelting family is actively involved in the Independence Church of the Nazarene. The church contacted NCN News Tuesday morning requesting assistance. They were asking Nazarenes around the world for their prayers to help bring Kelsey home safely. A Breaking News Prayer Request notice was released.

More information on this story will be posted when it's made available. As of late Tuesday evening, all that is known is Kelsey was found in the Independence, Kansas area, and she is alive.
--NCN News