An 8-month-old baby who went missing in Kentucky was still missing Tuesday, and five people, including the child’s grandmother and parents, have been arrested in connection with her disappearance.
Kentucky State Police reported Miya Tucker missing after officers conducted a welfare check and search warrant at a home in Ohio County on June 6 and failed to find her.
According to an arrest warrant obtained by the USA TODAY Network’s Courier Journal, the child, who lived at Reynolds Station, had not been seen by her family “since late April.”
Reynold’s Station is an unincorporated community in northwestern Kentucky, just south of the Indiana state line.
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Miya’s parents, Tesla Tucker and Cale Rudd, grandfather, will appear in court
According to a news release from officers, officers arrested the children’s parents - Tesla Tucker and Cale Rudd - on June 6 on multiple drug offenses and charges of abandonment of a minor.
The next day, officials filed additional drug charges against Tucker, 29, and Rudd, 30, as well as charges of first-degree child abuse and engaging in organized crime, both felonies.
Rudd was also charged with possessing a weapon, police said.
Also on June 7, Miya’s grandfather, Ricky Smith, was arrested on charges of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), trafficking in marijuana, first-degree child abuse, abandonment of a minor, and other drug and weapons offenses.
As of Tuesday, online Ohio County Jail records did not list Smith as an inmate.
Police said Miya’s parents are in the Daviess County Jail in Owenboro and are scheduled to appear in Ohio County District Court on Monday, along with the child’s grandfather.
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Miya Tucker’s grandmother was also arrested
On Sunday, police said they arrested Miya’s grandmother, Billie J. Smith of Reynolds Station, on a charge of second-degree domestic violence.
A 49-year-old woman was arrested after police found an outstanding arrest warrant while searching her home and checking the welfare of a missing child. The order stems from an alleged domestic violence incident reported in October.
She was booked into the Ohio County Detention Center on $25,000 bail. As of Tuesday, online records did not list her as an inmate.
According to an updated release, a fifth person, Timothy Roach of Owensboro, was also arrested and faces multiple drug charges after officers allegedly saw him throw “unprescribed” opioids under his vehicle in the driveway of Billie Smith’s home on Sunday.
Roach was taken into custody on Monday. As of Tuesday, he was not listed as an inmate in online jail records.
It was not immediately known whether anyone in the family of the child arrested in connection with her disappearance had obtained lawyers.
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What does little Miya Tucker look like?
Police described the child as having brown hair and green eyes.
According to the release, it was recently suspected that she was under the care of her parents.
Anyone with information on Miya’s whereabouts is asked to contact Kentucky troopers.
Contributor: Leo Bertucci of the Courier Journal.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Contact her at [email protected] and follow her at X @nataliealund.