
Kinzleigh has been placed in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. He is in custody in Dekalb County on $175,000 bail, according to the report. Nicholas Reed has been charged with one count of child abuse or neglect. She was allegedly abducted by her father in Tennessee over a month ago. The sheriff said the room smelled strongly of ammonia. A bloodhound helped find a missing girl Kinzleigh Reeder in an abandoned outhouse.

The sheriff said there was minimal food, and the father and daughter shared a bucket as a toilet. There was reportedly no ventilation in the building, or a bathroom.

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Sheriff Ray told the news station that the building where investigators found Kinzleigh and Nicholas Reed had been barricaded, and the windows were boarded in metal. The circumstances of the girl’s living situation when she went missing are not clear. Nicholas Reeder was charged with neglect and child abuse, and Kinzleigh was placed in the custody of a family member.Īt some point, the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services allowed Kinzleigh’s father to live in the same household as his daughter. That led to the discovery of the Kinzleigh and her father in an outbuilding on the property.ĭeKalb County Sheriff Patrick Ray told the news outlet Kinzleigh had been removed from her father’s custody this past spring, after the father and daughter were found camping under a bridge, in rising creek water. Bloodhound Fred tracked Kinzleigh Reeder and her father Nicholas to a barricaded abandoned shed with hardly any food or water. It is unclear why the relatives delayed reporting the girl missing.ĭuring a search for the girl, a bloodhound reportedly picked up on a scent at or near the property of the missing girl’s father, Nicholas Reeder. A hero police dog has found a missing six-year-old girl nearly a month after her father allegedly abducted her in Tennessee, US. ‘He ate the chicken and wanted to meet other people as if to say, “Look what I’ve done.”‘įor more stories like this, check our news page.Missing 6-year-old girl found in barricaded outbuilding with no ventilation, bathroom barely any food Ī missing girl in Tennessee has been found in an outbuilding with her father, who had recently been charged with neglect and abuse.Īccording to WKRN, family members reported 6-year-old Kinzleigh Reeder missing on June 21, reportedly telling the police the girl had not been seen since May 26. A police dog has been hailed a hero after he helped find a six-year-old girl missing for nearly a month after allegedly being abducted by her father. Reeders disappearance was reported on May 26 in Dekalb County. They were using a bucket as a bathroom in the squalid shed. Kinzleigh Reeder, 6, and her father Nicholas were found by bloodhound Fred on Friday, June 25, with hardly any food or water. The DeKalb County Sheriffs Office had been searching for Kinzleigh after her father, Nicholas Reeder. I pulled the chicken reward out of my pocket,’ Tidwell stated. She was allegedly abducted by her father in Tennessee over a month ago. Fred, the Rutherford County Sheriffs bloodhound, found Kinzleigh Reeder on Friday, June 25. Meanwhile, Kinzleigh was released and taken in by the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.įred’s handler Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Tidwell rewarded him with chicken and pizza crusts. Nicholas’ bond was set at $175,000, according to WKRN. The father and daughter wound up there after Nicholas apparently drove his Nissan Rogue off road and the vehicle became lodged in a creek. Kinzleigh had been taken out of her father’s custody in March when authorities found them camping under a bridge with rising waters. He had warrants for failing to appear and custodial interference.

Nicholas was arrested and charged with one count of child abuse and neglect. ‘The outbuilding had a strong ammonia smell where the two had been urinating and defecating in a five gallon bucket.’ The dog helped the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office. Kinzleigh was released into the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children's. (Newser) A missing 6-year-old girl in Tennessee has been found and taken to safetyand Fred the bloodhound has been given some extra treats. There was barely any food or water for the child,’ Ray said, according to People. Reeder was arrested and charged with child abuse and neglect, failure to appear and custodial interference. ‘There was no ventilation and air conditioning inside the small outbuilding.
