More family members arrested in investigation of missing child from Ohio Co. -Harlan Enterprise

More arrests have been made following a missing child investigation in Ohio County, including family members, but there has been no trace of eight-month-old Miya (Tucker) Rudd since Kentucky State Police opened the case on June 6.

Kentucky State Police (KSP) say troopers executed a search warrant Wednesday at the home of Miya Rudd’s grandparents (the parents of Miya’s mother, Tesla Tucker) in the 1300 block of Leitchfield Road in Owensboro.

Although investigators have not located baby Miya, they have seized electronics and arrested both grandparents.

Taletha D. Tucker, 50, was charged as a fugitive from another state warrant for Indiana, while David Tucker, 53, was taken into custody on a non-payment warrant issued in Daviess County, Kentucky.

Both were booked into the Daviess County Detention Center in Owensboro. Tesla Tucker’s three children, who lived with the Tuckers, were moved to another location by the Cabinet of Community Based Services.

Troopers originally arrested and charged the missing child’s mother, Tesla Tucker, 29, with Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Degree (Fentanyl); Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Abandonment of a Minor, but later added: Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st degree (greater than 2 grams – methamphetamine); Trade in legendary drugs; Marijuana trafficking; Child abuse 1st; Involvement in organized crime and possession of paraphernalia.

Cage C. Rudd, 30, the baby’s father, was first charged with possession of a controlled substance (Fentanyl); Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Degree (Methamphetamine); Possession of drug paraphernalia and abandonment of a minor. He also faces additional charges of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, First Degree (greater than 2 grams – methamphetamine); Trade in legendary drugs; Marijuana trafficking; Child abuse 1st; Involvement in organized crime and possession of paraphernalia.

On June 9, troopers arrested Miya Rudd’s other grandmother, Billie J. (Rudd) Smith, 49, of Reynolds Station on a warrant for Assault 2nd Degree – Domestic Violence, stemming from an incident in Daviess County in October 2023. a search/ welfare check for the missing eight-month-old baby when they discovered Ms. Smith had an active arrest warrant.

KSP continues to urge anyone with information regarding the missing child to contact the Henderson State Police station at (270) 826-3312.