A desperate search is underway for an 18-month-old toddler whose mother was found dead along with two male friends on a farm in eastern Kansas.
Police identified the victims as 21-year-old Kaylie Bailey - who went missing last week with her daughter Lana - and her partner 30-year-old Andrew Stout and his friend 31-year-old Steven White.
They did not reveal how the three people died.
On the day she disappeared, the young mother had planned to drop her daughter off at the farm for the day so she could go to work.
The two men had not been seen since late April. They were reported to have been sharing the house with other men who were known to the authorities.
Kaylie Bailey pictured on her Facebook page Investigators from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said they are questioning a man picked up in Emporia, a community about 50 miles southwest of the Ottawa home where the decomposing bodies were found.
He is described as a person of interest. No charges have been filed.
The young mother's car was also found in Emporia late on Tuesday, but police have not said whether the man they were questioning had been driving it.
Kaylie Bailey's family spoke at a news conference on Wednesday night.
"We were very hopeful that Kaylie would not be the female victim but of course we always knew that that was a strong possibility," said her sister Shawna Pettijohn.
Steven White was one of the two men found dead at the farm "It's been very difficult for all the family," added Andy Pettijohn, as he appealed for help in finding his missing granddaughter.
"What we are hoping is he could not bring himself to kill this child, knowing that she cannot be a witness and she's not going to identify him or anything ... that he says I can't bring it in my heart to do this to a youngster like this, those baby blue eyes."
Police had been expected to announce an Amber Alert for the missing girl, amid strong local criticism that no such emergency appeal had been made.
But the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) ruled against the idea, saying it was too late in the day for such a move.
"We just got off the phone with the KBI. We've been told that based on their criteria and the information that they have, they've denied the Amber Alert. They'll be doing a state wide media release," Sheriff Jeff Richards of Franklin County said.
Lana's father, Shawn Bailey, is currently serving a jail sentence in Missouri.
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