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(UPDATE) Body Of Missing Girl Found

Adrianna Horton
Adriaunna Horton
Searchers looking for a 12-year-old girl southwest Missouri girl found a body near the town where she disappeared Monday.

The Missouri Highway Patrol says that it cannot confirm the identity of the body, but local media reports quoting the father say it is that of 12-year-old Adriaunna Horton of Golden City.

Officials did not disclose the condition of the body or precisely where it was found.

Adriaunna was playing at a park near her Missouri home on Monday evening just before she was reported missing. Witnesses say she climbed into a vehicle around 5 p.m.

That vehicle was found at about 6:30 p.m. The driver Bobby Bourne Jr. was in the car, but there was no sign of Adriaunna.

But the youngster was not with him. That sparked a huge search involving hundreds of volunteers from the area.

Bourne, 34, of Lamar, is being held under $1 million bond on a charge of kidnapping. Adriaunna’s father says Bourne once worked for him and that their children played together.

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