Toddler Missing After Triple Homicide Case On Farm: UPDATE

UPDATE:

A toddler is missing after a triple homicide on a Kansas farm. The 18-month old toddler is missing after her mother was one of the three murder victims' bodies found on the farm.  

Police have now identified the murdered victims as Kaylie Bailey, 21, the girl's mother, and in addition, Andrew Stout, 30, and Steven White, 31. Chillingly, baby clothes and a baby bottle were found near or on top of a tarp that was covering one of the bodies. The friends who discovered the body and are interviewed below were initially drawn to investigate due to a foul smell, but authorities told them it was garbage. They came back to the farm the next day and discovered the smell was a body.

Her family have pleaded for the safe return of Lana Bailey, the missing girl. Kaylie and Lana Bailey were initially reported missing by her family on May 3.

One of the other victims found on the farm was Kailey Bailey's boyfriend, Andrew Stout, and she'd planned to drop the child off there on Wednesday. "We are waiting for confirmation that it may or may not be Kaylie, and once we know, it will determine what direction we go from there," Olathe Police Sgt. Brad Caldwell told the AP.

Lana, the toddler, is currently reported as missing; search parties are combing surrounding areas to find her.  She has blue eyes, brown hair, and weighs about 30 pounds. Bailey's car was found in Emporia, Kansas, about fifty miles from where the bodies were found.

"Our priority is finding Lana," Sheriff Jeff Richards said Wednesday.

INITIAL STORY BELOW:

The bodies of three people were found on a Kansas farm Monday. They are currently being investigated as victims of a homicide; police are looking for a suspect in connection to their deaths.

"We have three homicides on one very large scene," said Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Richards told press at a press conference on Tuesday. "It's a country acreage, it's very large -- not just a city lot."

"We have recovered three adult bodies, two males and one female," Richards said. "We are working to identify the victims, and until we have completed that process and notified their next of kin, we will not be releasing any names."

Richards told the media that investigators had already interviewed one person of interest and were seeking another in order to help identify who the victims are.

Kyle T. Flack, the 27-year-old person of interest who is being sought, had missing roommates. He had been living with Andrew Stout and Steve White, both of whom have been missing for about two weeks, since April 25. Sherriff Richards denied that Flack was a suspect in the case, but he may have once lived at the farmhouse.

The female victim may have been Kailey Bailey, 21. Kourtni McGill, 22, was one of three people to find the body of the female victim. McGill and the others found the body in a detached garage on the farm, and Kourtni recognized the body as Bailey.

Bailey and her daughter, Lana Bailey, who is one year old, were first reported missing on May 1. Bailey was romantically involved with Andrew Stout, who lived on the farm property. Flack may have once lived at the farmhouse.

Flack was convicted in 2005 of intentional attempted murder in the second degree of Steven Dale Free. Flack was paroled in 2009. Free survived, despite being shot several times, then passed away in 2011.

McGill, a friend of the homeowner, said Flack and another man were recently evicted for not paying their rent. McGill told the Topeka Capital-Journal she and friends had come to the farm in order to feed Stout's dog and cats on Sunday. They noticed his pets seemed to have not been fed recently, and said that it was unusual for Stout to leave town without making sure his animals were taken care of.  So in response, family members contacted the bank and were told Stout hadn't used his phone or credit card since April 25. On that same day, Stout was fired. He was formerly employed at an American Eagle Outfitters distribution center.

They also found out that the last activity on Bailey's phone was an unanswered call to Stout's phone on May 1. That's the day Bailey was planning to drop off her daughter with him.

Police declined to release the details of how the victims died and said that the child, Lana Bailey, didn't meet Amber Alert criteria.

Investigators have already spoken to Shawn Bailey's brother Cyle. Shawn Bailey, Lana Bailey's father, has been incarcerated on burglary charges since January at a prison in Missouri.

Police described Flack as driving a black 2007 Toyota Corolla with Kansas licence plate 618 DAA, with a front bumper vanity plate reading "ShawnasToy." They said he may be armed and dangerous.

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