Police in suburban St. Louis are searching for a 6-year-old girl who apparently was kidnapped this morning from a neighborhood home she was visiting.
We are calling this an abduction and treating it as such," said St. Louis County police spokesman Rick Eckhard, according to The Associated Press. "It was not in her character to leave the home.
"She's still in her nightgown, so we believe it was an abduction at this time," he said.
Cassandra "Casey" Williamson was last seen in the kitchen of a Valley Park, Mo., home at around 7:30 a.m., police said. Her father, who was staying at a friend's home with his daughter while he was estranged from his wife, told police he left the room briefly, and when he returned, the girl was gone.
The family home is located nearby. Valley Park is about 20 miles from St. Louis.
The family and police went door to door in the neighborhood, but turned up no trace of the girl, a police spokeswoman said.
Police have questioned a man who apparently was staying in the home but have not released his name and have not identified any suspects.
The father, Ernie Williamson, said the man was missing from the home around the time Casey disappeared but returned later. The man was wet, and said he had gone for a swim in the nearby Meramac River.
Searchers are checking the neighborhood including the Meramec River with helicopters, bloodhounds and patrols.
Casey is 4 feet tall, 48 pounds. She is white, has blond, shoulder-length hair, and was last seen wearing a white nightgown with red flowers, police said.
We are calling this an abduction and treating it as such," said St. Louis County police spokesman Rick Eckhard, according to The Associated Press. "It was not in her character to leave the home.
"She's still in her nightgown, so we believe it was an abduction at this time," he said.
Cassandra "Casey" Williamson was last seen in the kitchen of a Valley Park, Mo., home at around 7:30 a.m., police said. Her father, who was staying at a friend's home with his daughter while he was estranged from his wife, told police he left the room briefly, and when he returned, the girl was gone.
The family home is located nearby. Valley Park is about 20 miles from St. Louis.
The family and police went door to door in the neighborhood, but turned up no trace of the girl, a police spokeswoman said.
Police have questioned a man who apparently was staying in the home but have not released his name and have not identified any suspects.
The father, Ernie Williamson, said the man was missing from the home around the time Casey disappeared but returned later. The man was wet, and said he had gone for a swim in the nearby Meramac River.
Searchers are checking the neighborhood including the Meramec River with helicopters, bloodhounds and patrols.
Casey is 4 feet tall, 48 pounds. She is white, has blond, shoulder-length hair, and was last seen wearing a white nightgown with red flowers, police said.
they are going to arrest the man (a transiant) who spent the night in the home.
