KSP arrests grandparents of missing 8-month-old in Ohio County on unrelated warrants | Crime reports

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — As the search continues for 8-month-old Miya Rudd in Ohio County, Kentucky State Police say they have arrested more members of the baby's family.

KSP executed a search warrant Wednesday on Leitchfield Road in Owensboro, at the home of Miya's maternal grandparents, Taletha and David Tucker, according to Trooper Corey King.

King said the baby was not at home, but baby items were found. Police also seized electronic devices and placed the couple under arrest.

Taletha Tucker, 50, was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Indiana. David Tucker, 53, was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Daviess County, Kentucky.

Both are being held at the Daviess County Detention Center.

Also during Wednesday's search, three older children of Tesla Tucker, Miya's mother, were kidnapped. The children were removed from Tucker before Miya was born.

KSP said Monday they were looking for Miya after police officers went to the parents' home on a welfare check and were unable to find her. Miya's parents, Tesla Tucker, 29, and Cage Rudd, 30, have previously been arrested for drug possession, child abuse and abandonment of a minor.

Police also arrested Miya's paternal grandparents, Billie J. Smith and Ricky Smith. Billie Smith was arrested on a domestic violence warrant, and Ricky Smith is charged with abandonment of a minor and drug charges.

On Tuesday, police brought in cadaver dogs to search about 10 areas of land near the home where Miya Rudd's family lived.

KSP continues to investigate the child's disappearance.

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