ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department asked for the public’s help in finding Janyla Hughley, a 2-year-old girl reported missing after police said she walked out of her home early Wednesday morning in the 3800 block of Minnesota Avenue in the city’s Dutchtown neighborhood.
Police described the search as “urgent” and encouraged people in the area to check doorbell cameras if they have them from the early morning hours until now.
Janyla is believed to be wearing only a diaper and pink fuzzy slippers with red hearts, police said. Her hair is in a ponytail.
According to police, Janyla’s mother said the child was in bed at 2 a.m. on Wednesday.
Police said when the mother woke up shortly after 7:50 a.m., the child was gone, and the front door was left open. Police said Janyla is capable of opening the front door and has done so before.
Anyone who locates her is asked to call 911 immediately or the St. Louis Metropolitan Police at (314) 231-1212.
At a press conference at the intersection of Chippewa Street and Minnesota Avenue in St. Louis around the lunch hour, close to where the child lived, officials said there has been no discovery of the child yet.
