Crime & Safety

Missing Kansas Woman Was Headed To Birmingham: Report

A Kansas woman who was last seen Saturday was on her way to visit family in Birmingham.

Marilane Carter has been missing since Saturday, and was driving from Kansas to Birmingham.
Marilane Carter has been missing since Saturday, and was driving from Kansas to Birmingham. (Overland Park Police Department)

OVERLAND PARK, KS β€” A Kansas woman missing from her home since Saturday was on her way to visit family in Birmingham. A statement from the police department in Overland Park, Kansas said 36-year-old Marilane Carter left her home just after 8 p.m. Saturday and was last heard from in Memphis.

Officer John Lacy of the OPPD said Carter was driving a 2011 GMC Acadia, with a Kansas license plate number 194 LFY. Memphis police have confirmed that she was in contact by phone with her family while in the Memphis area.

Police described Carter as a 5-foot-8, 130-pound white woman with long brown hair and green eyes. She was wearing a green t-shirt and black yoga pants when last seen. She is married and has three children.

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An Alabama Media Group report said Carter is a graduate of Samford University's Beeson Divinity School and that family members said she was coming to Birmingham to seek mental health help, possibly at Grandview Medical Center or UAB.

A Facebook group has been launched to report any updates on the case.

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Anyone who has seen Carter or has any information on this case is asked to contact local law enforcement immediately.


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