Bruce High, father of reportedly kidnapped girl, charged with filing false missing-person report
The story of Lili High, the 5-year-old Gladstone girl who was reported kidnapped on April 7, took another weird turn Tuesday. Clay County assistant prosecutor Kate Noland charged Bruce High, Lili’s father, with one misdemeanor count of filing a false missing-person report for failing to tell police that the girl’s mother was at the house before he reported his daughter missing.
High originally told police that Lili was at his house when Tami Lamkins, a friend of the girl’s mother, came by for a visit. He said he had been getting Lili ready for bed and briefly left the child with Lamkins in the living room. He claimed that Lamkins (who is referred to by her alias, Tami Kelley, in previous news reports) took Lili and fled in Lamkins’ car. Authorities issued an Amber Alert.
