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The decomposed remains of an infant found in Kentucky are probably missing, according to police, an 8-month-old girl.

Kentucky State Police detectives have found a decomposing body they believe is that of a missing 8-month-old girl.

REYNOLDS STATION, Ky. — Kentucky State Police detectives discovered the decomposed body of a baby Friday. They believe it is an 8-month-old girl who has been missing for weeks.

State police discovered “the body of an infant matching that of Miya Rudd” at a residence in Ohio County in western Kentucky. The body was “hidden in a concealed manner,” state police said.

The body will be transported to the Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office in Louisville for an autopsy.

Police began searching for the baby more than a week ago. Relatives said they had not seen Miya since late April. Investigators found his parents, Tesla Tucker, 29, and Cage Rudd, 30, at a hotel without the child. Tucker and Rudd, along with Miya's paternal grandparents, were arrested and charged earlier this month with child abuse, abandonment and several drug offenses.

A call to Tucker and Rudd's attorney was not returned Friday evening.

The child's maternal grandparents were arrested Wednesday on outstanding arrest warrants. Another man charged with several drug offenses Thursday previously lived at Rudd's home, according to state police.

Police used cadaver dogs to search a church, a cemetery and a wooded area behind the family's home, then called in sonar and a forensic team.

State police officials expressed frustration during the search over the lack of cooperation from Miya's family. Trooper Corey King, a state police spokesman, said investigators were shocked by the lack of assistance and information from Miya's family, “those who should love and care the most “.

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