Aisha Khan - Kansas - LOCATED ALIVE

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Relatives of a woman missing since Friday say Aisha Khan told them before she disappeared that she had slapped a drunken stranger who was harassing her.

The 19-year-old Johnson County Community College student phoned and texted relatives shortly before 11 a.m. Friday to tell them about the intoxicated man. Her book bag and cell phone were later found on a picnic table near the University of Kansas Edwards Campus library, where she had been studying for finals.

The Kansas City Star reports dozens of volunteers handed out fliers Saturday while 40 police officers searched for Khan. Her uncle says she was recently married and had stayed in contact with a large circle of friends and family.

She is described as 5-foot-2, 120 pounds with dark hair and brown eyes.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Overland Park police may be at a disadvantage in the disappearance of Aisha Kahn because of the lack of surveillance video. There are no cameras on the KU Edwards campus where Khan was last seen.

In 2007, surveillance video helped Overland Park police in their investigation in the Kelsey Smith case in 2007. FOX 4 talked to Smith’s father, Greg Smith, who is a former police officer. He’s shocked that the KU Edwards campus doesn’t have surveillance cameras.

Police aren’t using the word “kidnapping” to describe what happened to the 19-year-old but her cousin has no doubt. Sana Habib said the frantic voicemail left by Kahn just before noon on Friday has her convinced a strange man abducted her.

“We’re extremely worried,” said Habib. “We doing anything we can do for her, which is mostly nothing.”

She said she’s furious that the campus has no cameras.

“There are none on site,” Habib said. “It’s a college. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t have cameras.”

Smith said cameras were critical in solving his daughter’s kidnapping case. His daughter Kelsey Smith was kidnapped from a Target Store in Overland Park in 2007. The public may have never known for sure if it wasn’t for the store’s security cameras.

“That surveillance tape was one of the key pieces of evidence,” Smith said.

Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass admits surveillance video could have been a big help in this case.

“It would be remarkably better if we had it,” Douglass said. “There’s a host of available video opportunities available but unfortunately we haven’t found anything on any of them.”

There are surveillance cameras at nearby businesses and intersections. A spokesperson for the KU Edwards campus said once construction is completed at the college, cameras will be installed.

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Search Continues For Missing JCCC Student

The search continued on Sunday for 19-year-old Aisha Khan, who was last seen at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus in Overland Park on Friday.

Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass said more 400 man-hours have been devoted to the search. He said investigators have classified it as a missing person's case, but are operating on a worst-case scenario.

"We're going to act on this as if it were an abduction and we'll put resources into it accordingly," Douglass said.

Douglass said police have spoken with Khan's husband, with whom she shared a house in Olathe.

"If your question is whether he's a suspect or a person of interest," he said, We have no reason to believe that."

Police have canvassed neighborhoods near the campus, along with a long stretch of a nearby creek bed, Stoll Park, Quivira Park and the Sykes/Lady Overland Park Golf Course. Douglass said police have checked surveillance camera video from the area and it has not resulted in any significant information.

Douglass said investigators had no way of knowing whether Khan was still in the area.

Khan's family is also offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to her safe return, and have also started a Facebook page in hopes it'll help bring her home.

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Kelsey Smith Foundation joins search for teen student

The Kelsey Smith Foundation is supporting the family of missing Olathe teen Aisha Khan, the families announced today.Greg and Missey Smith met with Fozia and Amanat Khan, parents of the 19-year-old girl, to support them and coordinate new efforts to find her.The Smiths are the parents of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, who was kidnapped four years ago at a Target parking lot in Overland Park and found murdered days later in Missouri.Police have been searching for Khan since about noon Friday.

She was studying for finals at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus in Overland Park when she left a voice mail to her sister saying she slapped a man who tried to kiss her. When the sister drove to get her, she found only her book bag and cell phone.Police said today they have no new developments in the case.
www.kansascity.com/2011/12/20/3330430/kelsey-smith-foundation-joins.html

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan.— A 19-year-old woman reported missing from the University of Kansas's Overland Park campus last week has been found safe, and police say she was never abducted.

Overland Park police released a statement late Wednesday saying officials spoke with Aisha Khan and verified her identity, safety and that she'd never been taken or held against her will.

No details were released about where Kahn is now or where she'd been since she was reported missing Friday. A police spokesman says no charges will be filed, but declined further comment.

Police had been looking for the Olathe woman since she left her sister a voicemail saying she'd slapped a man who tried to kiss her. When the sister drove to get her, she found only Khan's book bag and cellphone.
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