West Plains, MO. – The Thayer Police Department reported that a teen that went missing nearly two years ago has been found at Fort Leonard Wood.
Mikinzie Buchinski, then age 17, went missing on December 29, 2021 and was reported as a runaway. On August 9, 2023, at roughly 7:40 p.m., Buchinski, now age 19, was located at Fort Leonard Wood and is safe.
You can learn more about children currently missing in Missouri by visiting the Missouri State Highway Patrol Active Missing Juvenile website.