Miya Tucker, who is only eight-months-old, is missing and the Kentucky State Police are asking for the public's help to locate her.

In a Facebook post, KSP said this:

Kentucky State Police has opened a missing child investigation in Ohio County after a search warrant and welfare check concerning Miya Tucker, 8 months old, of Reynolds Station, was conducted.

Troopers arrested and charged the mother of the missing child, Tesla Tucker, 29 of Reynolds Station with Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Degree (Fentanyl); Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Abandonment of a Minor. She is lodged in the Daviess County Detention Center in Owensboro.

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Cage C. Rudd, 30 of Reynolds Station was also arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Degree (Fentanyl); Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Degree (Methamphetamine); Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Abandonment of a Minor. He is also lodged in Daviess County Detention Center in Owensboro.

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Miya Tucker, 8 months old, of Reynolds Station has brown hair and green eyes. She was last suspected to be in the care of her parents, Cage C. Rudd and Tesla Tucker; however, baby Miya could not be found during the welfare check.

Kentucky State Police is requesting anyone with information regarding the missing child to contact post at 270.826.3312.

We will bring you updates as they become available.

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