By Chelsea Boling On July 15, 2025, the Commonwealth of Kentucky issued its very first IAN Alert—an emergency notification ...

On Tuesday, the first IAN alert was issued for 5-year-old Silas Shearer in Hart County, who went missing from his home.

The cause of death for a Hart County child with special needs has been released. Hart County Coroner Anthony Roberts told media outlets on Wednesday that the preliminary cause of death for five-year-o ...

A heartbreaking loss in Hart County is prompting urgent questions about Kentucky’s new Ian Alert system, designed to help locate missing children with autism.

The cause of death for a 5-year-old boy with autism who was found dead after a statewide IAN Alert Tuesday in Hart County, ...

Ian Alerts are used when children under the age of 18 with autism or mental illness go missing and may be in danger.

HART COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Kentucky’s first-ever Ian Alert was issued Tuesday for a missing 5-year-old boy in Hart ...

The IAN Alert system became active in Kentucky one year ago, named after Ian Sousis, a 9-year-old boy with autism who ran ...

Further details have been released regarding the death of a child in Hart County. On Wednesday, Hart Counter coroner Anthony ...

An IAN Alert was issued in Kentucky on Tuesday for a missing 5-year-old boy, and now troopers say he has been found dead.

A child reported missing out of Hart County on Tuesday has been found dead. On Tuesday, July 15 around 8 a.m., the Kentucky State Police says 5-year-old Silas Shearer was last seen walking away from ...

According to Kentucky State Police, 5-year-old Silas Chearer, of Cub Run, was found dead on Tuesday after he was reported missing.