A Kansas woman has been arrested after police found a body under a bridge believed to be that of her 5-year-old stepson, whom she had reported missing in February, multiple outlets report. 
 
 On Thursday night, hours after the body was found, police arrested Emily Glass, 27, of Wichita, the stepmother of Lucas Hernandez, and charged her with one count of interfering with a law enforcement officer and obstruction, local station KAKE reports. 
 
 Officers who found the body under a bridge in rural Harvey County called it “unidentifiable” because it was so badly decomposed, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. 
 
 Sedgwick County District Attorney Mark Bennett said that Glass was in the area hours before, the New York Times reports. 
 
 Glass led private investigator David Marshburn, who specializes in finding missing persons, to the area, Marshburn told KAKE in an interview. 
 
 While Glass has not been charged directly in the boy’s disappearance, the district attorney has called her a person of interest in the case, the Times reports. 
 
 Emily Glass, 27 Sedgwick County Government 
 
 Authorities have not yet identified the body. But Lucas’ maternal grandmother, Robin Taylor, told KAKE that the body is that of her grandson. 
 
 An autopsy will be conducted Friday to officially identify the body, according to Police Chief Gordon Ramsay, KWCH reports. 
 
 Lucas Hernandez, 5 Wichita Police Department 
 
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 After Lucas was reported missing on Feb. 17, relatives and neighbors came forward saying they believed he was abused, according to ABC News. 
 
 In February, shortly after Lucas went missing, Glass was arrested on child endangerment charges related to her 1-year-old daughter, ABC News reports. She was acquitted of those charges in May. 
 
 Lucas’ father, Jonathan Hernandez, was arrested May 10 in an unrelated battery case, ABC News reports. That case is still pending. 
 
 On the day Lucas was reported missing, Glass told police she last saw the boy in his bedroom at about 3 p.m. before she took a shower and fell asleep, police said at the time. She said that when she woke up, he was gone. 
 
 After he was declared missing, the FBI and local authorities spent weeks searching for the boy. 
 
 At the time, Lucas’s elementary school teacher wrote an emotional post on her Facebook page, writing, “Please pray for the safe return of the 5-year old that went missing.” 
 
 “He is one of my students and a very sweet little boy. Please pray for him and his family. My heart is so heavy right now.” ||||| WICHITA -- The 26-year-old stepmother of a Kansas boy missing since Saturday has been arrested on two counts of child endangerment, Wichita police announced Wednesday. 
 
 Police say they received a call at about 6:15 p.m. Saturday to report five-year-old Lucas Hernandez was lost in southeast Wichita. When officers arrived, Lucas' stepmother said he was last seen at about 3 p.m. Saturday in his bedroom before she showered and fell asleep. 
 
 CBS affiliate KWCH identified the woman as Emily Glass. She was reportedly booked into jail Wednesday afternoon. 
 
 Officers and dogs have searched his home, neighborhood and the 216-acre Chisholm Creek Park. Officer Charley Davidson said Sunday that police have found no evidence that suggests Lucas was abducted, which is why no Amber Alert has been issued. 
 
 Deputy Chief Gavin Seiler said the case is now considered a criminal investigation. He wouldn't detail the nature of the child endangerment charges during a Wednesday press conference, but he said Lucas is one of the children the stepmother allegedly endangered. The other is a one-year-old child, Seiler said. 
 
 Seiler wouldn't comment as to whether police have been able to verify the stepmother's story. 
 
 Two relatives of the boy told the Wichita Eagle they had concerns about the boy's welfare in the past, and the child's great aunt said she contacted the Kansas Department of Children and Families last spring. The agency has not said whether or not they had contact with the family. 
 
 The child's great-grandmother Jeannie Houchin on Wednesday told the Eagle that Lucas once told her his stepmother kicked him and dragged him across the room. She said she reported the concerns to the state child protection agency, which wouldn't comment to the paper. 
 
 Houchin said when she asked the boy why he didn't like his stepmother, he replied, "She's mean to me." 
 
 She reportedly said she hasn't seen the child in about a year. 
 
 Seiler said the search for the boy continues and more charges are possible in the case. When asked whether he fears the case could become a homicide investigation, Seiler said, "We hope not." 
 
 "We hope we are going to be able to find Lucas and that he is alive and well," Seiler said. 
 
 State investigators and the FBI have joined in the search. Anyone with information is asked to call 316-383-4661.
– Police believe that they have found the body of missing 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez, of Wichita, Kan. Lucas’s stepmother, Emily Glass, has been arrested for obstruction and one count of interfering with a law enforcement officer, reports People. According to the Wichita Eagle, the badly decomposed body was under a bridge on a gravel road, about a quarter of a mile from the nearest house. Sheila Medlam, a volunteer searcher, says she got a text message from a private investigator telling her, "We found him at 5:01." Within hours of the discovery, about two dozen volunteer searchers went to where the body was found and stood vigil for him, per the Eagle. The area where the body was found—near the town of Sedgwick about 20 miles north of Wichita—was close to where they had been searching. Glass, who has a one-year-old daughter, reported Lucas missing from their rental home on Feb. 17. The boy's father, Jonathan Hernandez, works out of state for long stretches and was away at the time, per ABC. A few days after Lucas’ disappearance, the police arrested Glass, 27, for endangerment—specifically, smoking three bowls of marijuana and then driving her daughter to a restaurant—but a jury found her not guilty. Court documents indicate that Lucas was frequently seen with bruises, and after Lucas was reported missing, friends and relatives came forward and said they thought he had been abused. A family friend who says she spoke with Jonathan relayed a message from him: "Jonathan said thanks to all searchers and everybody" who has supported the family and cared about Lucas. The friend adds, "Just continue to pray for the family because they lost somebody they love."