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Missing Kansas Girl Possibly Headed to South Valley

By: Dani Carlson & Ashley Ritchie

A Kansas girl has been missing for days, and authorities think she might be headed to Kings County.

15-year-old Shirley Stockton's family lives in Lemoore, and although she did live with her father in the South Valley town over the summer, they don't think she ran away to Lemoore.

The Riley County Police Department in Kansas said the girl's disappearance is classified as a runaway teenager.

"Just call somebody please Shirley, call somebody please. We love you," Daryl Stockton, Shirley's dad, said.

Shirley has been missing since Monday, and Daryl says waiting for news about his missing daughter is the hardest part.

"There's no way she did this on her own," he said.

Shirley disappeared from the Manhattan, Kansas area where she lives with her mom and sisters.

Police in Riley County say they think Shirley is headed to her father's house in Lemoore.

"If she did that she would have called one of us," Daryl said.

According to authorities, Shirley was last seen at Manhattan High School before classes started Monday morning.

Her cell phone was found several hours later about four miles away along the side of a Kansas highway. That was the last time anyone heard anything from her.

"I mean a 15-year-old ain't throwing a cell phone away. I don't understand what's going on," Daryl said.

The Riley County police department tells KMPH news they don't think Shirley is in any immediate danger, and they've let the Kings County Sheriffs Department know she might be headed out to their area.

"We want to be able to get her with family; people that can help her. I'd rather be a part of that process than to find her hurt some place," Kings County Sheriff Chris Jordan said.

Shirley's family said authorities need to look harder for their girl Kansas, because if she was headed to Lemoore, they say she would have been here by now.

"I don't know what they're going to do, not investigate it until they have a body and then say oh now we're going to investigate it because we have a murder?" Daryl said.

 The Riley County Police Department said it's odd that a runaway from that area would be missing for several days without contacting someone, but it's happened before. 

Authorities at the department also say Shirley's disappearance does not qualify for an Amber Alert.