Grandmother of missing Ohio County baby, Owensboro man arrested, suspects to appear in court

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – The search continues for 8-month-old Miya Rudd of Reynolds Station, Kentucky. One of her grandparents and another man were arrested Sunday night.

Around 8:45 p.m., her grandmother, 49-year-old Billie J (Rudd) Smith, was arrested and charged with second-degree domestic violence assault.

Smith had an active warrant for her arrest since October 2023 from an incident in Daviess County. She was arrested and is now in the Ohio County Detention Center on a $25,000 cash bond.

Kentucky State Police said Miya was not with her grandmother.

In a later update just before 10 p.m., KSP said they arrested 37-year-old Timothy L. Roach of Owensboro. They said as they were entering the Smith residence’s driveway, they saw Roach throw unprescribed Suboxone under his vehicle. He was arrested along with Smith and is also in the Ohio County Detention Center.

Roach was charged with second degree possession of a controlled substance and first degree prescription controlled substance not in a proper container.

In another update on Sunday, KSP said that Miya’s parents, Tesla Tucker and Cage Rudd, and her grandfather Ricky Smith, are set to appear in the Ohio County District Court in Hartford Monday morning.

Anyone with information on Miya’s location can contact KSP at 270-826-3312.

The investigation is ongoing.

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