The search is on for a 15-year-old Grayson County girl who walked away from her home.
A search crew comprised of the Leitchfield Fire Department, Grayson County Emergency Management, Bluegrass Bloodhounds, an Air Methods helicopter, and numerous family members and volunteers have been searching for a 15-year-old Amish girl who was last seen in the back yard of her home between 9:45 and 10:00 Monday night.
After being notified of the missing girl, search and rescue personnel arrived at the residence, in the 100 block of Laurel Fork Drive, at about 10:30 and launched a search on foot, in vehicles and ATVs. A command post, manned by LFD Chief Tim Duvall and Emergency Management Director Tony Willen, was set up on the family’s property.
At 11:35, Duvall requested an Air Methods helicopter, out of Elizabethtown, aid in the search effort. The helicopter, with pilots equipped with night vision goggles, arrived at 12:24 and searched the area for about a half-hour without success, before being forced to return to Elizabethtown because of low fuel.
Bluegrass Bloodhounds, a dog training and breeding facility in Falls of Rough that specializes in tracking dogs, arrived at the missing girl’s residence at about 1:30 Tuesday morning.
Two of the dogs had no success tracking a scent, but at about 4:00 Tuesday morning, one of the dogs caught “a pretty good scent.” The scent was tracking to the rear of the family’s property, which backs up to about a half-mile from the Western Kentucky Parkway.
Officials then sent an older dog to verify the scent that the first dog, a younger tracking dog, located near the back of the family’s property. But as of 6:40 Tuesday morning, the girl has not been located.
Crews who searched late Monday night and into the overnight hours will soon be replenished by search and rescue personnel from other county fire departments, and the current tracking dogs will be aided by the arrival of fresh search dogs (out of Daviess County), according to GC Emergency Management Director Tony Willen.
The missing girl, whose name has not been released, is described as standing 5-foot-6 and with an “average build.” She was last seen wearing a dark brown dress and white bonnet.
Anyone with information regarding the girl’s whereabouts is asked to dial 911.
K105 will update this story as information becomes available.
(Headline photo: The scene early Tuesday morning outside the missing girl’s residence on Laurel Fork Drive)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com or 270-259-6000
