02-02-2012, 03:13 PM
Missouri authorities are searching for a 13-year-old girl last seen Wednesday on surveillance camera footage leaving a shopping center with an unidentified man.
Police said a registered sex offender was also spotted leaving the shopping center behind the pair, but they said the offender -- whom they located shortly after -- is not a focus in the case, Fox4KC.com reported.
Taylor Dittmar is described as 5 feet, 6 inches tall with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen leaving the East Hills Shopping Center in St. Joseph, Mo., which sits right along the northern Kansas state line.
The girl was reportedly seen wearing a dark hoodie and gray sweatpants on the surveillance video, according to the station.
Anyone with information on the girl's whereabouts is being urged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-238-TIPS, or the police/fire communications center at 816-271-4777.
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ST. JOSEPH, MO (KCTV) -
Police in St. Joseph are looking for a 13-year-old girl who has gone missing.
According to police, Taylor Dittmar is not in any danger and she may be a runaway.
Her family is nonetheless worried about her.
Dittmar was last seen at East Hills Shopping Center in St. Joseph on Wednesday afternoon with her 17-year-old boyfriend. Officers have talked to the boy at his home and don't believe he was involved in any way in her disappearance.
Police said a registered sex offender was also spotted leaving the shopping center behind the pair, but they said the offender -- whom they located shortly after -- is not a focus in the case, Fox4KC.com reported.
Taylor Dittmar is described as 5 feet, 6 inches tall with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen leaving the East Hills Shopping Center in St. Joseph, Mo., which sits right along the northern Kansas state line.
The girl was reportedly seen wearing a dark hoodie and gray sweatpants on the surveillance video, according to the station.
Anyone with information on the girl's whereabouts is being urged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-238-TIPS, or the police/fire communications center at 816-271-4777.
ST. JOSEPH, MO (KCTV) -
Police in St. Joseph are looking for a 13-year-old girl who has gone missing.
According to police, Taylor Dittmar is not in any danger and she may be a runaway.
Her family is nonetheless worried about her.
Dittmar was last seen at East Hills Shopping Center in St. Joseph on Wednesday afternoon with her 17-year-old boyfriend. Officers have talked to the boy at his home and don't believe he was involved in any way in her disappearance.
