On November 6th, 2026, U.S. Marshals from the Western District of Missouri and members of the Midwest Violent Fugitive Task Force recovered a missing endangered child in St. Joseph, Mo. The child had been missing from Georgia for approximately two weeks.
"Leveraging the investigative tools and expertise for which the US Marshals are famous for is leading to the recovery of missing endangered children,” said United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri Jim Arnott.
The U.S. Marshals Midwest Violent Fugitive Task Force-Kansas City Division operates in conjunction with members of the Kansas City, Independence, St. Joseph Missouri Police Departments, the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol and other law enforcement partners. The task force objectives are to seek and arrest fugitives charged with violent crimes, drug offenses, sex offenses and other serious felonies. It also provides direct support to law enforcement agencies in tracking down and recovering missing children. Nationally, the United States Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 67 local fugitive task forces, 8 regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.
Tips can be submitted anonymously to the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers via the TIPS hotline at 816-474-8477, on the internet at KCcrimestoppers.com, or the free mobile app available at P3Tips.
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