State to prosecute accused in death of 12-year-old girl
The Missouri attorney general's office will help prosecute a man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl whose body was found Wednesday in southwest Missouri.
Barton County Prosecutor Steven Kaderly said at a news conference Friday that Attorney General Chris Koster's office will assist in prosecuting 34-year-old Bobby D. Bourne Jr., of Lockwood. Bourne is being held on $1 million bond on a charge of kidnapping. It's unclear if he has a lawyer.
Adriaunna Horton was reported missing Monday, shortly after she was last seen getting into a vehicle near Hazel Park in Golden City, where she lived with her father. Bourne was arrested about two hours later.
Kaderly said he'll file more charges against Bourne, but it's unclear when.
Authorities haven't said how the child died, but said an autopsy was performed Thursday in Springfield.
At approximately 1:50 p.m., Wednesday, a body was located by law enforcement officers in a wooded area southeast of Golden City, in rural Dade County, near the Barton County Line.
The body was positively identified as Adriaunna Horton.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol, the FBI, the Barton County Sheriff's Department, officers with the Southwest Missouri Major Case Squad, and several other area law enforcement and fire agencies, along with several hundred volunteers from Missouri and Kansas, searched the past three days until the body was located. The Patrol's helicopter and marine operations officers were also utilized during the search.
This investigation into the death of Adriaunna Horton continues.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the Barton County Sheriff's De-partment at 417-682-5541 or the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop D Headquarters at 417-895-6868.