Missing Lawrence couple who never made it home from Wichita found after Silver Alert
Updated 10:30 a.m. July 27: Douglas County authorities canceled the statewide Silver Alert for Russell and Mina Stevens after the Lawrence couple was found in North Platte, Nebraska, by local police on Monday evening. The Stevenses went missing Sunday as they were driving back home from Wichita.
“Their family has been notified and is on their way to assist them with getting back to Lawrence,” authorities said in an email passed along by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on Monday night.
Original story: Kansas authorities have asked for the public’s help finding a Lawrence couple in their 70s who never made it home after a trip to Wichita.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation issued a statewide Silver Alert on Monday afternoon for 76-year-old Russell “Red” Stevens and his wife, 71-year-old Mina Stevens. The couple is driving a dark blue 2018 Ford Explorer with Kansas license plate 944 HBC, according to a news release.
The Stevenses were supposed to be headed to rural Douglas County, northwest of Lawrence, on Sunday following a trip to Wichita. But they never made it home and have had no contact with their family members for at least a day, the KBI said in the release.
Their whereabouts currently are unknown. Anyone who sees them or knows where they are is asked to call the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at 785-843-0250.
This story was originally published July 26, 2021 at 5:19 PM.
