A man is accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old Golden City girl who was later found slain.Barton County authorities never asked for an Amber Alert to be issued. The Missouri Highway Patrol issued an endangeredMore >> Some Golden City residents and many KCTV5 Facebook fans are upset that an Amber Alert wasn't issued immediately after Adriaunna Horton, 12, was snatched from a Golden City park. The girl was later found slain.
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Authorities say an autopsy conducted on a 12-year-old girl whose body was found earlier in the week in southwest Missouri determined the cause of death to be strangulation.More >> Authorities say an autopsy conducted on a 12-year-old girl whose body was found earlier in the week in southwest Missouri determined the cause of death to be strangulation.More >> The Missouri Highway Patrol, Troop D has confirmed a body found southeast of Golden City, in rural Dade County, near the Barton County line has been positively identified as 12-year-old Adraunna Horton.More >> A man who previously had been accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl is now accused of raping her, killing her and dumping her body in a rural area in southwest Missouri. Prosecutors will consider seeking the death penalty.
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County, state and federal agencies are searching for a 12-year-old southwest Missouri who is considered endangered. The Barton County Sheriff's Office issued an endangered person advisory for AdriannaMore >> A man has been charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old southwest Missouri girl who remained missing more than 24 hours after she was seen getting into a vehicle.More >>
GOLDEN CITY, Mo. (AP) -
Hundreds of people filled a southwest Missouri church to say goodbye to a 12-year-old girl who died after disappearing while she played at a park.
The Golden City High School gym was filled to capacity Wednesday to honor Adriaunna Horton, a week after her body was recovered in Dade County.
Bobby Bourne Jr., 34, of Lockwood, is charged with first-degree murder, forcible rape, statutory rape and child kidnapping in her death.
Brother David Powell, pastor of Golden City First Christian Church, told the mourners it was hard to understand evil but they should remember what a kind, friendly girl Adriaunna had been.
At the end of the service, her casket was carried to the Golden City IOOF Cemetery on a horse-drawn wagon because Adriaunna loved horses.
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