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Parents Tesla Tucker and Cale Rudd arrested after baby Miya goes missing

A missing 8-month-old baby in Kentucky remains 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 troopers conducted a welfare check and search warrant June 6 at an Ohio County home and did not find her found.

The baby, who lived in Reynolds Station, has not been seen by his family “since late April,” according to an arrest citation obtained by the Courier Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.

Reynold's Station is an unincorporated community located in northwest Kentucky, just south of the Indiana state line.

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Miya's parents Tesla Tucker and grandfather Cale Rudd to appear in court

According to a police press release, authorities arrested the child parents – Tesla Tucker and Cale Rudd – on June 6 on multiple felony drug charges and abandonment of a minor.

The next day, authorities 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 also faces felony firearm charges, troopers said.

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