Parents, grandparents of missing Kentucky 8-month-old arrested as police search woods for baby
Kentucky State Police used cadaver dogs Tuesday to search some woods near the home of missing 8-month-old Miya Tucker but reported no discoveries as nightfall approached.
Kentucky State Police used cadaver dogs Tuesday to search some woods near the home of missing 8-month-old Miya Tucker but reported no discoveries as nightfall approached.
"We have no evidence she’s deceased," State Police Trooper Corey King told NBC affiliate WFIE of nearby Evansville, Indiana. "But we have no evidence she’s alive, either."
The girl's parents, Tesla Tucker, 29, and Cage Rudd, 30; grandparents Billie J. Smith, 49, and Ricky J. Smith, 56; and a fifth person, identified as Timothy L. Roach, have been arrested.
Miya Tucker, 8 months old.Kentucky State Police via FacebookAll are from the Reynolds Station area except Roach, who is from Owensboro, police said.
It’s not clear whether the suspects have retained legal counsel. The public defender for the area didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Some of the five were in court Monday, but it wasn’t clear what happened. More court appearances were scheduled for Wednesday.
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