Body found in Topeka as authorities continue investigation into Cari Allen’s disappearance

TOPEKA, Kan. (WOWT) – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that a body has been found – but not yet identified – as their investigation into Cari Allen’s disappearance continues.

The body was found at a “location of interest” in Topeka, DCSO said in a news release. Local authorities are assisting with the investigation at the request of the CSO.

Authorities were dispatched to a residence there off Highway 75 and Route 57. According to our sister station WIBW 13 News, the location is about 12 blocks from a location searched by Topeka Police two weeks ago.

“The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office and Topeka Police Department responded to the area and discovered a deceased human body,” DCSO said in a statement.

WIBW reports that the farm property has a house and barn where authorities had set up two white tents and posted crime tape around the area. Shawnee County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Abigail Christian said some heavy equipment was moving Thursday morning. She would not say if it was digging equipment.

Allen has been missing since the Saturday night before Thanksgiving. She was last seen at her home near 168th and Blondo streets. Searches around her home, the landfill and places off the beaten path have turned up no clues to her whereabouts.

Authorities have said her cell phone and social media accounts were all turned off on Nov. 20, and that her cell phone and laptop are still missing.

Adrick Scott, 47, has been charged with Allen’s kidnapping.

Last week, a Douglas County District Court judge granted Scott’s bond after he was transported back to Nebraska. Scott had fled to Central America and was seen in Belize earlier this month, then flown to Houston before returning to Omaha.

If convicted of the kidnapping charge, he could seek a life sentence. He is also facing a felony charge, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

Scott requested a public defender and is scheduled to appear in court again on Jan. 3.

According to information released in court earlier this month, a friend told investigators that Allen and Scott had broken up about two weeks before she was last seen. She apparently went to The Good Life Bar near 180th and Pacific streets on Nov. 19, then went home. Her son’s last text from her was at 11.30pm that night.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office was notified that she was missing the following evening, at 5:32 p.m. When deputies went to her home to investigate, they found bullet holes in the door and bedroom walls that were boarded up. with some. a kind of “gray compound”.

Deputies contacted Scott, who told them he was in Topeka that entire weekend and that he and Allen were still dating. But DCSO said cell tower data from Scott’s phone was picked up at The Good Life bar in Omaha the night Allen disappeared — and that he left the bar at 10:30 p.m. heading northeast , which is in the direction of Allen’s house. .

Investigators said surveillance video from the bar showed Scott’s Chevy Equinox driving in the parking lot and that surveillance images from the home showed a person matching Scott’s physical description walking toward Allen’s home.

DCSO said they recovered a handgun from Scott’s vehicle, along with gloves, a crowbar and a crowbar.

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