Police: Body identified as missing 5-year-old Kansas boy

 


WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A small, decomposing body found under a bridge in central Kansas was identified through an autopsy and dental records as that of 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez, a Wichita boy who has been missing since February, police said Friday.

Law enforcement officers were called to the scene in Harvey County on Thursday night after Lucas' 27-year-old stepmother, Emily Glass, led a private investigator to the remains near the town of Sedgwick, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Wichita, Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said at a news conference.

The investigator, David Marshburn, c...



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