This is the very reason the IAN Alert was created: to respond rapidly when a vulnerable child goes missing. The system was born from heartbreak, and sadly, heartbreak has visited another family.

The search for a 5-year-old Hart County boy who wandered away from his home triggered an IAN Alert last week. It marked the ...

Kentucky State Police said the child at the center of Tuesday's Ian Alert has been found dead. Police said 5-year-old Silas, who is autistic, walked away from his home Tuesday at 8 a.m. in Cub Run ...

An "Ian Alert" covers gaps between other alerts and will use the same system as the AMBER Alert. It’s named for Ian Sousis, a 9-year-old boy who had autism.

A new alert designed to help save the lives of children with autism is now in effect in Kentucky. The alert is called an Ian Alert.It’s named for Ian Sousis, a 9-year-old boy who had autism. He ...

The alert is named after Ian Sousis, an autistic child whose body was found in the Ohio River after he was reported missing from the Northern Kentucky Children's Home in Covington in 2022.

Gov. Andy Beshear signed the bill and the Ian Alert went into effect on July 15, 2024. Exactly one year later, the alert system was used when Kentucky State Police reported 5-year-old Silas ...

Chearer's disappearance prompted an "Ian Alert" across Kentucky before he was found. If you're not familiar, the alert was signed into law last year in Kentucky. It's for missing children, but ...

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. The boy, Silas, walked away from his home in Cub Run, Kentucky around 8 a ...