US Edition'This Is a Tragedy': Two Found Dead in Kansas Home After Child Abducted, Found in Illinois
TOPEKA, KANSAS, JUL 22 – Authorities issued an Amber Alert after Zabe Mendez was forcibly taken and is believed to be in imminent danger, with law enforcement actively searching for the suspect and vehicle.
- On Friday, July 18, 2025, a two-year-old boy named Zabe Mendez was abducted from his mother in Topeka, Kansas, by an unidentified individual.
- Authorities issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday, July 22, after police found a man and woman dead in a Kansas home and began searching for Mendez.
- Mendez is a toddler estimated to be just over two feet tall and weighing around 40 pounds, with brown hair and eyes, and is considered to be in immediate danger.
- Police located Mendez Tuesday afternoon in Mattoon, Illinois, inside a vehicle driven by 42-year-old Christopher Barnshaw, who was taken into custody.
- The discovery ended the search but raised concerns about the suspect’s motive and the connection to the deaths found in the Kansas residence.
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'This is a tragedy': Two found dead in Kansas home after alleged child abduction
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Two people are dead and a man is in custody after an AMBER Alert was issued for a young child Tuesday morning. Initially, police in Topeka, Kansas, said the toddler had been abducted last week by an unknown suspect and was believed to be in "imminent danger." A later update from authorities said the vehicle belonging to the boy's mother was also missing. Early Tuesday afternoon, authorities said the missing child had been f…
Mattoon Police find, rescue missing child from Kansas; man accused of kidnapping
MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) -- The Mattoon Police Department shared more information about how they found and rescued a child who officials say was kidnapped and brought from Topeka, Kansas to Coles County on Tuesday. Just after noon on Tuesday, the Mattoon Police Department was notified that a suspect in a kidnapping incident was possibly in the area. The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Christopher Barnshaw, is a suspect in a double murder in Topek…
'This is a tragedy': Two found dead in home after child abducted
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- Police say two people are dead Tuesday following a recent AMBER Alert in Topeka. The Topeka Police Department (TPD) held a live press conference at 1 p.m. on July 22 at Northeast Division Street and Northeast Chester Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood. A city spokesman said this press conference is related to a recent child abduction. TPD Chief Chris Vallejo said an active homicide investigation is underway following the AMBER A…
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KSNT'This is a tragedy': Two found dead in Kansas home after child abducted, found in Illinois
Police say two people are dead Tuesday following a recent AMBER Alert in Topeka. The missing child was found safe in Mattoon, Illinois
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