Bodies found in search for missing Missouri sisters Britny Haarup and Ashley Key

Britny Haarup, 19, and Ashley Key, 22, two Missouri sisters who disappeared from their home on Friday. / KCTV

(AP) EDGERTON, Mo. - Authorities in Platte County, Mo., say officials have found the bodies of two women in a field after officials interrogated "a suspect in the disappearance of Britny Haarup and Ashley Key."

The Kansas City Star reported late Sunday that the bodies were found near Trimble, Mo., in Clinton County. Platte County Sheriff's Capt. Erik Holland told the newspaper the bodies were those of white women but he could not immediately confirm the victims' identities or how they had died.

Holland said authorities "were led" to the area where the bodies were found by talking to the suspect in case, whom he did not identify.

"That individual is under arrest and in custody," he said.

Haarup, 19, and Key, 22, were reported missing Friday after Haarup's fianc?, Matt Meyers, came home to find his 6- and 18-month old daughters alone and in the same crib. Relatives of the women said there was blood on the couch in the Edgerton residence, located about 35 miles north of Kansas City.

"The truck was gone, the girls were gone and Matt has some personal guns that had been missing as well. That is all he had to tell me, and I knew something was wrong at that point," the mother of the missing women, Taresa Haarup, told KCTV.

The Platte County Sheriff's Department said Sunday that authorities were speaking with a person of interest in the case and have executed two search warrants.

The missing truck was found parked on a gravel road Saturday, prompting authorities to search the surrounding fields. Although there were no signs of foul play, the truck was towed to the Kansas City crime laboratory to check for evidence.

Matt Meyers, left, the father of Adilynn Meyers, six months, stands with his grandmother MaryAnn Goad, holding Adilynn, and Paul Haarup, the father of the two missing girls, during a candlelight vigil in Edgerton, Mo., July 14, 2012.

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The sisters' father, Paul Haarup, begged for his daughters' safe return during a candlelight vigil Saturday night that drew a crowd of about 70 people.

"Whoever has them, give them a phone, have them call us, put an end to this," Haarup told KSHB.

Family members fear the sisters were abducted. They said Key, the mother of a 4-year-old girl, had been running with a bad crowd and sought her sister's help turning her life around.

"That's why she came to Britny and Matt's house; to get help, to get out of that lifestyle. She was very serious about getting help," Cassandra Meyers, sister-in-law of Matt Meyers, told KSHB.

Haarup's fianc? said his daughters need their mother back home.

"Your babies love you and they miss you," he told The Kansas City Star.

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Bodies identified in search for Mo. sisters

[nygurl1]

How do you comment on a story that has been used as political hash, ignorance personified and not a smidgen of sympathy for the families involved?
Why is everyone more interested in themselves? You are not any more special than anyone else and none of you are qualified to pass judgement! Shut up.

[IAMCS]

It is pretty pathetic that here are two more young women that lost their lives due to a deadly mixture of testosterone and drugs! How little value there is to life anymore! How many women and children will die before we do something? The war on drugs is a political joke and the almighty dollar is the punchline!

[jbright9]

My sincere condolences to the family. How sad that three little girls will grow up without their mothers. I just read that they have charged a young man in the meth crazed killings. I do not understand why anyone would do meth knowing what it will do to you. This problem seems to be rampant in small rural communities.

[smittyc]

My condolences to all the families involved in this tragedy. These types of outcomes enrage me. I honestly do blame the human rights activist. You are responsible, you encourage these animals. For Gods sake bring back the death penalty and turn this horror show off.

[Wizstars]

Obviously, the death penalty doesn't deter these crimes. MO has a death penalty law, but this still happened. And you're still a ******-rag.

[jerdjon3]

Many murders and abductions can be traced back to drug dealing and drug usage. Warning young adults of the dire consequences of associations related to drugs should be stressed at every possible opportunity. The violence of Mexico is quickly moving into American society. Closing the border is an extremely important step to stopping future kidnappings and murders. We have two choices: either legalized certain drugs and tightly control sale and usage, or institute very severe justice. This must include a quick and absolutely certain death penalty for smuggling and dealing. It is obvious by the increase of drug related violence in America that what we are doing is not working. How many lives must be lost to instigate needed changes.

[smittyc]

Pretty much too late. The carnage in Texas, California and Arizona is beyond belief. The problem that is surfacing has to do with lifestyle. Substance abuse is a way of life south of the border, those that have crossed have brought their habits along with them and increased the demand for illegal drugs. It is become like gangrene, the infection is spreading throughtout society and mind altering drugs produce these types of outcomes. People that commit these types of acts have entered a "dream world".

[Michael12540]

Oh shut up already..... let them do their job and quit complaining. Maybe you should go back to bed.