Officers have spent more than 1,400 hours working on the case of a missing Sedalia woman, at a cost of more than $34,500 for wages and other expenses.
“This is probably one of the most intensive investigations I’ve seen in 25 years, unrelated to a crime,” said Cmdr. Cendy Harrell.
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