After an Amber Alert in Gladstone, Child Found Safe

The subject of a Wednesday morning Amber Alert was found safe.

The Amber Alert went out from the Missouri Highway Patrol at 10:44 am for Samiya D. Barr who was reported abducted by her father, 25-year old De’shawn Barr-Cotton in Gladstone after assaulting the child’s mother and brandishing a firearm.

A text alert was sent out with details about a Silver Chevrolet Malibu with tinted windows.

At 1:08 pm, the Missouri Highway Patrol posted to Twitter that the child was found safe, a Tweet that was also posted by the Gladstone PD.

An AMBER ALERT/CHILD ABDUCTION has been issed for Sa'myia D. Barr 11/30/2018. Last seen in the area of NE 72nd St and N Olive St, Gladstone MO, in a silver Chevrolet Malibu with tinted windows. pic.twitter.com/5zqRVQxWaB

— Gladstone MO Police (@gladstonedpsmo) May 5, 2021