KC police investigate unusual abduction of 3-year-old

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Kansas City police are trying to determine why a 3-year-old girl was taken from a church parking lot but then returned to her home a short time later.

It happened Sunday, when two men took the girl and drove off while her parents and another child were nearby in the parking lot.

An Amber Alert was issued. A relative went to the girl's home to get a picture of the girl and found her, unharmed, outside the home.

Police believe the abductors dropped the girl off at the home.

Police spokesman Rich Lockhart said the girl's family did not recognize her abductors. And he says there are no custodial issues that may have prompted the brief abduction.