ST LOUIS COUNTY, MO. (THECOUNT) — Missing Missouri woman, Kanishia Richardson and her young daughter Ava, were found dead Saturday in a vehicle in St. Louis County.

Richardson, 37, and her 2-year-old daughter, were both found dead inside a vehicle near Bridgeton Saturday.

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The mother and daughter were reported missing Monday evening in an Endangered Missing Person Advisory issued by the Missouri Highway Patrol.

According to reports, the bodies of the pair were located in a GMC Terrain around 4:30 p.m. Saturday after police responded to the 12100 block of Nottingham Lane in Bridgeton.

A cause of death was not provided.

The investigation into the deaths is ongoing.

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