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Monday, April 08, 2013  Gladstone police declined to say which family member had Lili Justine High when she was found around 2:15 p.m. Monday.

Sunday, March 03, 2013  The Springfield News-Leader reports that the father of the girl left the child and her brother in a car with the keys in it at a Save-a-Lot store.

Saturday, March 02, 2013  Child was taken from a Save-a-lot store.

Saturday, December 29, 2012  Anyone with information is asked to called The Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  UPDATE: She has been found and is safe. Her abductor has been arrested

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  The Amber Alert for the little boy was cancelled early Wednesday morning.

Monday, April 09, 2012  Missouri's Amber Alert system could be expanded to include certain fugitives as well as missing children, under a bill moving through the Legislature.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  A St. Louis County judge has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of Shelby Dasher, the young mother accused of killing her 13-month-old son because he wouldn't stop crying.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011  Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old suburban St. Louis woman with murdering her 13-month-old son.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011  Update: STLToday.com said the person in custody is Tyler Dasher's mother.

Monday, October 17, 2011  A New York City defense attorney will represent the parents of a missing Kansas City baby.

Monday, October 17, 2011  Update: The mother of a baby who went missing from her Kansas City home two weeks ago says she was drunk when the girl disappeared.

Friday, October 14, 2011  The family of a baby who was reported missing from her Kansas City home 10 days ago has posted home videos online showing her when she was about 3 months old.

Thursday, October 13, 2011  Authorities released videos of Lisa Irwin's mother shopping at a nearby store for baby food, wipes and a box of wine the day the 10-month-old went missing. Deborah Bradley went to the store with an unidentified man just before 5 p.m. last Monday.

Thursday, October 13, 2011  Kansas City police have again searched a large wooded area near the home where an 11-month-old baby was reported missing last week.