Kansas, Missouri Have Millions In Unclaimed Money

From an underground office near the Missouri Capitol, Monica Boone desperately tries to give away money to unsuspecting people.

"I've been called Santa Claus, Ed McMahon, a gift from God," Boone said.

KMBC's Jim Flink reported that there are millions of dollars in unclaimed money in Kansas and Missouri.Kansas City's Bill Shapiro said he was skeptical when he received a call.

"I mean, I certainly wasn't expecting a phone call saying, 'You have money waiting for you,'" Shapiro said. "It goes back 30 years. It's not hundreds of thousands of dollars, but it's still meaningful money."

On this day, Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman filtered through the unclaimed items in one of her vaults.

"Now, why would anyone put an electric razor in their safe deposit box?" Steelman said.

The contents range from the eclectic to the exquisite. But they also are just 1 percent of what the state is holding.

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