For nearly a week, 13-year-old Leanna Willis was missing from her home in Hitchcock, Texas until she was found in Kansas City Missouri and officials say they were initially unsure if they would find her.
after her family said they hadn’t seen her since that Friday.
"Yesterday, I wasn’t comfortable we were gonna find her", he recalled. "It was a relief. They all don’t have this happy ending." Early Thursday morning, a statewide Amber Alert was issued and by late Thursday afternoon, the 13-year-old was located. Kansas City FBI and police are handling the investigation and charges for the man Willis was found with. The investigation is ongoing, so no other details have been shared.
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