Authorities are searching property outside Bates City that is owned by the family.
Lafayette County Sheriff Kerrick Alumbaugh said Wednesday that authorities believe there may be a body or bodies buried on the land.
The sheriff is asking for the public's help in the investigation, saying that "there may be other victims out there."
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