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KBI searching for missing teenager

June 9, 2010

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is asking for help finding a missing 16-year-old girl, who was last seen with her stepfather.

Patrick Neal Porter

Jordan McKenzie Stuart

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Jordan McKenzie Stuart or Patrick Neal Porter is asked to call Overland Park Police at 913-535-3333.

The two were last seen at 10:30 p.m. June 3. They are believed to be driving a white 2003 Ford Expedition with a Kansas University license plate, number 19450.

Stuart is 5 feet 5 inches tall, 120 pounds and has blue eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a sweatshirt, shorts and flip-flops. Porter, 39, is a white man, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 210 pounds.

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garyr 2 years, 11 months ago

What about Stevie Drake ? Is his case just going to be swept under the rug? He has been missing for almost two weeks. Why is the KBI involved in this case, but not in Stevie's? I hope this girl is found alive and well, and her stepdad needs to face charges. But, please don't forget about Stevie!!!

PopcoRN 2 years, 11 months ago

I agree. When I saw the headline of this story I thought, "Oh, good, the KBI has gotten involved finally..." Yeah, not so much. It's a totally different case. Of course I hope this girl returns home safely, too, but I don't understand the criteria law enforcement are using to determine the priority of these missing children cases. A 13 y/o on his own is IN DANGER whether he ran away or he was abducted!

trufoodie 2 years, 11 months ago

stevie has been found

monkey_c 2 years, 11 months ago

When I read the headline I was thinking, "about time the authorities started looking for Stevie Drake"...just to be dissappointed and see that was not the story after all. Both missing youths will be in my prayers and their families too.

persevering_gal 2 years, 11 months ago

What trufoodie said...Stevie has been found. He was found in Shawnee County.

youngjayhawk 2 years, 11 months ago

No one is forgetting about SD, but the circumstances are different. SD is a runaway and JMS is an abduction. I am sure everyone hopes for happy endings in both cases.

Pywacket 2 years, 11 months ago

Yes, but as others have pointed out, a 13-year-old is too young to make life decisions for himself and every effort should be taken to find him--just as in an abduction.

Even more worrisome than his supposedly willing disappearance is the fact that a child that age, while starting out as a runaway, could quickly become victimized by a pedophile, or someone with other sinister motives who initially offers shelter but quickly takes advantage of the child's vulnerability and distraught state of mind.

After this much time, it is very possible that he could now be held against his will. Pedophiles prey on runaways--this is a fact that is well known to law enforcement.

It's unconscionable that the authorities would not take the same swift action in either type of case.

That said, I will withhold direct criticism of law enforcement, as it's possible that something's going on behind the scenes that the public (and media) is unaware of. Perhaps because he is a flight risk, they are working under the radar. I hope that is the case and that some effort is under way to secure the safety of the boy.