(JULY 23) On July 27, 2007, at 8:00 p.m, at the Community America Ballpark, T-Bones Stadium, 1800 Village West Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas, pro female boxer Franchesca Alcanter, the ChildSeek Network will bring the faces of missing children to the ring. This will be the First Ever Professional Female MMA bout in Kansas City history.

Team Alcanter will be bringing attention to missing teen Kara Kopetsky. Link

Belton Police believe Kara Kopetsky was last seen on Thursday in Louisburg, Kan. in the company of a young man. This sighting is unconfirmed.

Kopetsky, 17,. was last seen before her disappearance at Belton High School on May 4. She is described as a white female standing 5-foot-5 and 125 pounds. She has hazel eyes and brown hair.

Police released a composite sketch of the person Kopetsky was spotted with in Louisburg. He has been described as a white man about 19 years old, standing about 5-foot-8 and 130 pounds. He has medium brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone who has seen Kopetsky or the person in the composite sketch is asked to call the Belton Police Department at (816) 331-1500.

Franchesca is from Kansas City Missouri and has been fighting since 1999. Her uncles and grandfather were fighters so it is in her blood.

Franchesca worked as a model and at one time was Miss Hawaiian Tropic. She later became a round card girl which brought her to the ring. It was then she realized where she wanted to be and began working toward a career in boxing.

The ChildSeek Network is a non-profit 501c (3) organization based in Oregon that assists families and law enforcement in the search to bring missing persons home.

ChildSeek Network fosters community involvement through education, events, and resources.

For more information contact the Child Seek Network at (503)685-9382 or 503-957-9963.