2-year-old girl tests positive for STD after rape, police say

A 2-year-old girl has tested positive for an STD after health officials found evidence of a rape, police said.

Kansas City Police Chief Terry Ziegler said the victim and other siblings were left at home Friday night with a family friend, and then the following morning the 2-year-old’s mother found injuries on her daughter.

The child was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City where health officials confirmed there was evidence of a rape, and that the child also tested positive for an STD, police said.

No one is in custody at this time.

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