LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- State and local authorities are asking for the public's help to find a 4-year-old Kentucky girl who hasn't been seen in more than a year.
On Thursday morning, National Missing Persons Day, Attorney General Daniel Cameron's office asked the public to be on the lookout for Serenity Ann McKinney. According to a poster distributed by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, concerned family members haven't seen McKinney since Christmas Eve of 2020.
Brad Davis, Serenity's grandfather, told WDRB News on Thursday that he was the one who recently filed the missing person's report with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. He said he's concerned now that so much time has passed since he's seen his granddaughter.
"We just want her safe and we hope that she is," said Aundria Wainscott, who identified herself as Serenity's grandmother.
Wainscott said she spoke with Serenity over the phone a few weeks before Father's Day in 2021, but since then, there has been no contact.
Authorities do not know Serenity's last location, but believe it was somewhere in the Shelby, Jefferson or Bullitt County areas.
She is described as a white 4-year-old with blond hair, blue eyes and a possible birth mark on her stomach.
Wainscott said Serenity is missed very much.
"It would be amazing to have her home," she said.
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office said while the report was filed in Shelby County, they're not sure if Serenity is in the county or if she is somewhere else. Investigators on the case are asking anyone with information to give them a call.
"Just based on the timeframe on how long it's been since she's been seen and nobody can seem to produce her whereabouts, it does lead us to believe she could possibly be in danger," said Capt. Blake Lisby with the sheriff's office. "All just unknown factors at this point."
According to Lisby, Serenity's mother was located in Jefferson County, but he said getting answers has been difficult.
"(She) has still not produced Serenity for us and has not cooperated with us up to this point in the investigation," Lisby said. "(She's) refusing to speak us with about the whereabouts of her daughter."
Lisby said investigators are currently working leads.
Anyone with any information about where Serenity might be is asked to contact the Shelby County Sheriff's Office at 501 Main St., Suite 8 in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
The phone number to reach the sheriff's office is 502-633-4324.
The phone number for Shelby County dispatchers is 502-633-2323.
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