CARLOS ANGEL VILLEGAS III - 3 yo - Olathe (SW of KC) KS

Olathe police are trying to find a three-year-old boy who was last
known to be with a person of interest in an Olathe homicide.Police
have placed the child, Carlos Angel Villegas III, in the nationwide
missing-endangered database. An Amber Alert has not been issued because
it does not appear the child was abducted, police said.



Carlos is about 38 inches tall and weighs about 45 pounds. He has black hair and
brown eyes.Carlos was last seen with Maurice O. Stewart, 22.Police
found the body of a 57-year-old man just before 8 a.m. Tuesday at a
motel in the 200 block of East Fleming Road after a call came in about a
medical emergency. Investigators ruled the death a homicide, but
had not released how the man died. Police were withholding the name of
the victim until relatives are notified, they said.Tuesday
afternoon they named Stewart and a Stephanie Laguna, 19, as people of
interest in the homicide. However, late Tuesday, police said they
were no longer looking for Laguna. Police have contacted her and her
whereabouts are known. Stewart is black, 6 feet 1 inch tall and
195 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Photos of both Stewart and
the child have been released.The public is asked to call the
Olathe police at 913-971-7455 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS
(8477). Stewart should not be approached, Olathe police Sgt. John Roland said.

Olathe police say that they have located a man who was
identified as a person of interest in a murder investigation after a
3-year-old boy who was suspected to be with the man was dropped off at a
Kansas City, Missouri, homeless shelter.

Officers said 3-year-old Carlos Angel Villegas III was dropped off at
Restart Transitional Living in Kansas City, Mo. on Wednesday morning.
Officials believe he may have been with Maurice O. Stewart, a person of
interest in Tuesday's homicide. Stewart and his girlfriend stayed in the
room next to the victim on Monday. Stewart's girlfriend, Stephanie
Laguna, was arrested on Wednesday morning for aiding a person committing
a felony.

"Whoever dropped the child off knew someone who was staying here," said
Sgt. Joy Colmar of the Kansas City Missouri Police Department.

Police won't say for certain that Stewart dropped the boy off at the
shelter, but they do say that they know where Stewart is.

"We have located the person of interest in this investigation, he has
been contacted by the police department and we are no longer actively
searching for him," said Sgt. Johnny Roland of the Olathe Police
Department.

Steven Cook, 57, was found dead inside the Econolodge near Harrison and
Old 56 highway, in Olathe, on Tuesday.

The victim's employer was concerned when he didn't hear from the victim
so he called the Econolodge hotel on Tuesday to check on the victim. The
hotel manager went to the victim's room and found him dead inside the
room lying in pool of blood. According to the manager, Cook had reported
his laptop stolen on Monday, but he doesn't know if his murder has
anything to do with that.

The manager on duty said it's unusual to have something like this happen
at the Olathe hotel.

"Olathe is such a nice place," said Robert Trussell, hotel manager. "to
have something like this happen in a bad thing."

Police would not say if Stewart is in custody, or what specifically led
them to him. So far, no charges have been filed for Cook's murder.

Police have found the person of interest in an Olathe homicide
shortly after a missing 3-year-old boy who was last seen with the man
was found in Kansas City, Mo.

Olathe police said Wednesday
afternoon that they located Maurice O. Stewart, 22, the man last seen
with the boy. Police declined to comment further about the case or
Stewart and said the investigation was continuing.Police were
called to the Re-Start homeless shelter at 918 E. Ninth St., Kansas
City, Mo., about 10:25 a.m. Wednesday, where workers told police an
unknown person dropped the boy off. The boy’s grandmother showed up at
the shelter to take custody of him. Police confirmed the boy was
the missing child, Carlos Angel Villegas III, who was last seen with
Stewart.The homicide victim, 57-year-old Stephen L. Cook of
California, was found just before 8 a.m. Tuesday at a motel in the 200
block of East Flaming Road in Olathe after a call came in about a
medical emergency. Police identified the man Wednesday.Investigators
ruled his death a homicide but have not released how he died. Anyone
with information is asked to call the Olathe police at 913-971-7455 or
the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).