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Time of India
15-07-2025
- Time of India
IAN alert in Kentucky triggers panic after missing 5-year-old child found dead. What it means?
An IAN alert was issued in Kentucky in US on Tuesday for a missing 5-year-old boy who was found dead. A new alert designed to help save the lives of children with autism is now in effect in Kentucky, which is called IAN alert. The boy, Silas, walked away from his home around 8 a.m., according to Kentucky State Police , and since he has autism, the specific IAN Alert was issued. Just a couple of hours after the child was reported missing, KSP said he had been found dead. In an official statement around 9:20 a.m., KSP confirmed that Silas Chearer, 5, of Cub Run was found deceased. ALSO READ: Virgin River season 8 confirmed as it breaks new record for streaming service: Check release date, cast IAN alert in Kentucky Kentucky State Police in an official statement said: "Tragically, he was found deceased. KSP grieves with this family and the community." Live Events An IAN Alert was issued by Kentucky State Police about 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday that said a juvenile was reported missing in Cub Run, Kentucky. The alert said the missing juvenile may be endangered or in need of assistance. The IAN Alert was named for Ian Sousis, a northern Kentucky boy with autism that escaped a children's home. He was found after he drown in the Ohio River. The IAN Alert is issued for missing children under 18 with intellectual disability or mental illness. ALSO READ: Nvidia's Jensen Huang rips MIT study claiming AI makes people dumb, says 'As a CEO, I spend most...' The Ashanti Alert was named for Billie Ashanti, a Virginia woman who was abducted from her workplace and found dead 11 days later in North Carolina. Since she was 19, she didn't fit the criteria for an Amber Alert. The Ashanti Alert is issued for people who are 18-years-old or older and there is reason to believe their disappearance was involuntary. Around 9:08 a.m. Tuesday, an additional alert stating Silas had been located was issued. KSP later clarified in a news release that he was found deceased. 'KSP grieves with this family and the community,' the release said. The agency said they are unable to provide any additional information at this time.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Yahoo
What is an Ashanti Alert? What to know about the missing person notification
If you see an Ashanti Alert in Oklahoma, it's a sign that there may be a missing person in your area. The alert has been in place since 2018 and is used nationwide. Similar to other notification systems like AMBER, Silver and Kacey alerts, Ashanti Alerts are sent out to those in the area to help locate an individual. Here's what the alert means and many others like it. The Ashanti Alert is used to notify about missing individuals who meet the following criteria: Individual(s) is over the age of 17 Individual(s) has special needs or circumstances Individual(s) is endangered or have been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped Ashanti Alerts function like AMBER, Silver and Blue alerts as they are administered by local law enforcement agencies. The Ashanti Alert system is named in honor of Ashanti Billie, who was a 19-year-old woman who disappeared on Sept. 18, 2017, in Hampton Roads, Virginia. After two weeks of being missing, authorities located her body over 350 miles away in Charlotte, North Carolina. Due to the distance traveled since her abduction, authorities worked to find a state, regional, or nationwide missing persons alert system that focused on individuals over the age of 17. Local, state and federal officials can activate an Amber Alert to quickly notify the public that a child has been abducted. The first Amber Alert program started in 1996, when Dallas-area radio and TV stations began using the federal Emergency Alert System to quickly broadcast news of child abductions. That effort came in response to the case of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who had been abducted and killed in Arlington, Texas earlier that year. Soon after, AMBER, for 'America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response,' became part of federal and state laws. Not every missing child gets an alert, however. A case must meet the following guidelines to ensure it's used appropriately, according to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety: There is reasonable belief by law enforcement that an abduction has occurred The abduction is of a child aged 17 years or younger The law enforcement agency believes that the child is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death There is enough descriptive information about the victim and the abduction to assist in the recovery of the child The child's name and other critical data elements, including the Child Abduction flag, have been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: What is an Ashanti Alert? What to know about the missing person ping
