KRISTINA RICHEY - 16 yo - Sabetha (NW of Kansas City) KS

Sabetha police search for missing 16-year-old Kristina Richey

Posted by sabethaherald
Monday, December 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Local police are seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Sabetha teenager Kristina Richey, with whom family and friends have had no contact since Friday afternoon, Dec. 7.

Richey’s car was found abandoned at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at the VF Shopping Outlet in Nebraska City, Neb.

Richey’s Facebook account also was deactivated Friday.

On Monday, December 10, Kristina Richey’s car sits outside her family’s home on Oregon Street in Sabetha.

According to Sabetha Police Chief Robert Wahwasuck, friends have indicated that Richey might have been meeting 43-year-old truck driver Shane Snodgrass, formerly of the Morrill area, and traveling to Oregon.

Apparently, Wahwasuck said, Oregon is just a place to visit on the way to an unknown final destination.

Richey is currently listed as a runaway. The reason or reasons Richey left are unknown at this point.

“At this point we are just wanting to know that Kristina is okay and that she is safe and in good health where she is at,” Wahwasuck said. “From that point, we can work out whatever reason that she may have left.”

Richey, a sophomore at Sabetha High School, is approximately 5-feet, 3-inches tall with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She wears glasses.

Wahwasuck said that, as of 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, brief telephone contact had been made with Snodgrass. However, the department has been unable to bring him in for an interview yet.

“Our hope is that a friend of family member of Snodgrass will inform him that he needs to contact the Sabetha Police Department again,” Wahwasuck said.

Wahwasuck said that, so far, officers have been unable to determine where Snodgrass currently resides.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Richey or Snodgrass, please contact the Sabetha Police Department at 785-284-2158.

http://sabethaherald.com/2012/12/10/sabetha-police-search-for-missing-16-year-old-kristina-richey/

Posted: Tue 2:35 PM, Dec 11, 2012

Teen Found In Oregon, Trucker Arrested

A Sabetha, Kansas teen missing since Friday has been located safe in Oregon.

Kristina Richey, 16, was found at the home a trucker, Shane Snodgrass, 43, who is now in police custody.

Richey was not harmed, according to Sabetha police.

Richey had reportedly said she was going to Oregon with a trucker, and she was located at Snodgrass' home in Brownville, which is the Northwest part of the state.

Sabetha police says law enforcement agencies were able to find the truck Snodgrass was driving by using GPS tracking, which led them to his home.

Sabetha Police tell us there were no signs the girl had been sexually abused. They say they are making arrangements with the Richey family, so they can travel to Oregon and bring Kristina home.

http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/Teen-Found-In-Oregon-Trucker-Arrested-183043871.html


I would definitely not want to be this girl at this point. Kids these days aren't taught to think for themselves and weigh the outcomes of certain actions - like math problems where we used to have think and work out problems, now they just push buttons and the answer is there! Life should be so easy but I'm glad she was found alive.