Police in Leawood are searching for a missing woman that they believe could be endangered.

Cheyenne Burt, 18, was last seen at Celsius Tannery on State Line Road in Leawood around 4 p.m. Monday. Witnesses told police that they saw Burt leave in an orange Dodge Challenger with either Georgia or Florida license plates. Witnesses added that a 30 to 40-year-old black male was driving the vehicle.

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When she was seen at Celsius Tannery, witnesses said Burt was wearing a black Celsius Tannery jacket, white tank top and mint green shorts.

Burt is described as 5′ 6″ and 185 pounds.

Police said Burt might be in need of prescription medication.

Leawood police ask that anyone with any information please call (913) 642-7700 or call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS.

The Boone County Sheriff’s office says they’ve recovered the badly decomposed body of a man stuffed inside a sleeping bag.

Following a tip involving an Ohio homicide, the body was recovered from Gunpowder Creek in Union.

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An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow as authorities work to determine the man’s identity and cause of death. According to our sister station, WLWT, two persons are under arrest in the case.

No further details are available at this time.

Officials have released the name of the woman found dead inside a Rockcastle County home Tuesday night and now police say they have two persons of interest in custody.

Kentucky State Police say Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a home along Red Hill Road, near Livingston, for a welfare check, and found Mary A. Hinton, 86, dead inside.

Two women  are being questioned but have not yet been charged. Police have not released their names.

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The two were picked up on Copper Creek Road in Crab Orchard. KSP could not say if they are known to the victim or not but they tell LEX 18 when police approached the women, they ran into the woods, but were still caught.

Police say they have not determined the cause of death, but do suspect foul play. Investigators say evidence points to a home invasion.

A Barren County grand jury returned an indictment against the Monroe County man accused in the disappearance of a toddler. Anthony Barbour was indicted on charges of burglary, kidnapping and resisting arrest. However, none of the charges are related to the death or disappearance of Laynee Wallace.

So far, Barbour has only been indicted on charges related to holding a female against her will. At the time, police were searching for Barbour in connection to the missing child. He was taken into custody after police say a woman came home to find Barbour waiting for her.

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Relatives say he forced her to drive him.

“Mr. Barbour was in her house and he had a rifle at that time and he asked her to get in the truck drive her to Glasgow,” said Carey Harvey, the victim’s cousin. “So she started down the road and the Kentucky State Police was going the other direction and happened to see him.”

Carey says the trooper noticed his cousin was not wearing a seat belt and pulled her over for a traffic stop. That’s when he noticed Barbour lying in the truck out of sight.

A short time later, Laynee’s body was found in a well near the home that Barbour shared with her mother.

In a statement from the Commonwealth’s Attorney, the investigation into Laynee’s death is still open. The Commonwealth anticipates presenting charges against Barbour at the next scheduled meeting of the Barren County Grand Jury.

Barbour has been arraigned on the charges and a $1 million cash bond has been set by the judge.

US 25 northbound in Laurel County is closed due to a fatal house fire. Sheriff’s officials confirm that a young child has died.

Firefighters from East Bernstadt, Laurel County and Crossroads fire departments responded to the 4800 block of N. Laurel Road to a mobile home fire. They had received reports that children were trapped inside.

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When they entered the home they found a small child deceased. A death investigation is underway, but officials will not confirm if the fire is suspicious.

The Highway Department estimates that the road will be closed for at least two hours.

Kentucky state police are searching for a man who robbed a convenience store in Letcher county early today.

Officials say the robbery took place at the Double Kwik store in Isom shortly around 3:45 this morning. They say a man wearing a ski mask demanded money from the clerk, then raced away on foot. He’s described as a white male, around five foot nine and 150 pounds.

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Anyone with information is urged to call state police in Hazard at 606.435.6069.

Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced charges against a Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Army Sergeant for his role as a public official, for conspiring with another to commit an offense against the United States, namely bribery.

According to the federal information, filed in U.S. District court today in Paducah, Kentucky, Ramiro Pena, Jr., age 43, received and accepted illegal bribes totaling $100,000 U.S. currency and a Rolex watch, in return for being influenced in the performance of an official act, that is, ensuring the successful approval and processing of contracts to restock supplies while serving at Humanitarian Air Yard (“HA Yard”) at Bagram Airfield (“Bagram”) in Afghanistan.

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From January 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009, Pena worked as a U.S. Army Sergeant First Class at the HA Yard at Bagram as a Project Purchasing Officer (“PPO”) who maintained the supply orders and made sure the inventory levels were never low. Pena’s supervisor at the HA Yard was Army Master Sergeant Jimmy W. Dennis, who was charged and convicted in the Western District of Tennessee. Dennis was the Army Paying Agent at the HA yard and worked with Pena to procure supplies for the HA Yard by issuing contracts to local Afghan vendors for supplies.

Between June 5, 2008 and March 21, 2009, Dennis and Pena processed approximately 217 contracts worth approximately $30,760,255 for Afghan vendors to provide supplies to the HA Yard. According to the federal information, Pena and Dennis received money and jewelry from the vendors in return for their official acts on the HA Yard contracts.

Further, it is alleged that Pena received about $100,000 from Dennis in approximately six installments and a Rolex watch which was provided by a vendor seeking to obtain HA Yard contracts.

Pena allegedly sent approximately $22,000 of the bribe money home in greeting cards addressed to his wife who resided at Fort Campbell. He sent three to four bills totaling $300 to $400 in each card at a time so as to not bring attention to the envelope at the post office. It is further alleged that Pena used bribe money to purchase a Harley Davidson motorcycle and pay his and his family’s personal expenses in Afghanistan and in the United States.

If convicted at trial, Pena likely faces three years in prison but could receive the maximum punishment of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, no more than three years of supervised release, and forfeiture to the United States of any property traceable to the conspiracy to commit bribery.

This case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Daniel P. Butler of the Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section and by Assistant United States Attorney Nute A. Bonner. These matters were investigated by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, FBI, Army Criminal Investigative Division, Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and Air Force Office of Special Investigation.

The filing of a Criminal Information is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.