A 12-year-old girl has been missing since Friday after she was last seen walking in an unknown direction near 109th Street and Hillcrest Avenue, and police are now asking the public for help finding her. Trinity Simmons was reported missing by the Kansas City Missouri Police Department on Wednesday, five days after she was last seen in the area.
What Police Know So Far
According to a post from kcpolice
, Trinity was last seen walking in an unknown direction on September 11. The department's post describes her simply as a missing juvenile.
Anyone who spots Trinity or has information on her whereabouts is asked to contact KCPD's Missing Person Unit at 816-234-5043 or call 911 immediately, per the same post. The department's account is not monitored around the clock, so urgent tips should go through those direct lines rather than social media.
A Neighborhood Near Schools and South Patrol Turf
The stretch of 109th Street and Hillcrest Avenue where Trinity was last seen falls within the geographic jurisdiction of KCPD's South Patrol Division. A nearby Ruskin Heights park made headlines just a day earlier after a man was shot multiple times there.
How Missouri Handles Missing Child Reports
State law spells out how agencies must act once a missing child report comes in. Under Missouri Revised Statutes Section 43.401, officers are legally required to immediately enter the case into both the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System and the National Crime Information Center database, according to the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
Missouri also addresses these cases at the state level.
Locally, Kansas City Police Chief Stacy Graves reinstated KCPD's own dedicated Missing Persons Section in April 2023 with seven detectives, reversing an earlier decision that had temporarily disbanded the unit due to staffing shortages, as reported by KCUR. That section handles local missing-person cases.
Alerts, Statistics, and What Remains Unclear
Missouri's Endangered Person Advisory framework allows police to request public alerts in some missing-child cases, per the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Whether KCPD will seek that kind of advisory for Trinity if she remains unaccounted for is not yet known.
The case adds to the broader issue of missing juveniles in Missouri. Missouri also handled missing-juvenile reports in 2025. Nationally, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children says it assists law enforcement with missing-child cases.
Trinity's disappearance follows other recent missing-person searches in the region. Earlier this month, Hoodline reported on a missing teen in Jackson County, and last month covered a search for a missing man in downtown Kansas City. Anyone with information on Trinity's location is urged to contact KCPD's Missing Person Unit or dial 911 right away.
