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KELSEY SMITH ACT IN OKLAHOMA: Newly signed Oklahoma bill hopes to help find kidnapping victims faster

The goal of a bill that Gov. Kevin Stitt recently signed into Oklahoma law is to help find kidnapping victims faster.In June 2007, 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, who had just graduated from high school, was shopping at a Target in Overland Park, Kansas. Her body would later be found in the woods after a man abducted her from the store.May 3, 2021, would have been Smith s 32nd birthday. On that day, Stitt signed the Kelsey Smith Act into law, becoming the 28th state to do so. What was meant for evil can be turned into good, said state Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore.Weaver, who was one of the authors of the bill and spent three decades in law enforcement, said in Smith s case, it took police days to get the necessary warrant to ping her cell phone to try to find out where she was. Those days were precious. If you linger on for hours and days, it s oftentimes not a pleasant result, Weaver said.The Kelsey Smith Act will require cell phone companies to provide phone location information t

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