Update: 10:14 p.m. July 26 – The Silver Alert has been cancelled after Russel and Mina Stevens were located in North Platte, Neb., by North Platte Police Department.  Their family has been notified and is on their way to assist them with getting back to Lawrence.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Kan. – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has requested the Kansas Bureau of Investigation issue a statewide Silver Alert for a missing Lawrence couple. The whereabouts of Russel “Red” Stevens, 76, and Mina Stevens, 71, are unknown, and the public’s assistance is requested to help locate them. The couple was last known to be driving Sunday, July 25, 2021, from Wichita to rural Douglas County, northwest of Lawrence. More than 24 hours later, they have not returned home or made contact with their family.

The couple is driving a dark blue 2018 Ford Explorer with a Kansas license plate 944HBC.

Anyone who sees Russel or Mina Stevens is asked to contact the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office immediately at 785-843-0250.