Tuesday 23rd December 2025

Area authorities need help from the public in locating a woman who has been missing since Wednesday, July 18.
According to a post on the Sedalia Police Department’s Facebook page, 24-year-old Elizabeth “Beth” Smith (left) was last seen on North Osage Street in Sedalia at approximately 8:30 a.m. on July 18.
She is described as a white female who is approximately 5 foot 7, weighs between 170-200 pounds with blue eyes and burgundy/red hair. She has a clover tattoo on the top of her right hand and the name “Jayden” on her left wrist.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the missing woman can contact Detective Green at (660)-827-7823 ext. 1213 or Sedalia Police Dispatch at (660)-826-8100.