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The child was released to the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services,” he added. He also had warrants for failure to appear and custodial interference. “Nicholas Reeder has been arrested for child abuse or neglect. The outbuilding had a strong ammonia smell where the two had been urinating and defecating in a five gallon bucket,” said Sheriff Ray. There was barely any food or water for the child. There was no ventilation and air conditioning inside the small outbuilding.
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The door to the outbuilding was barricaded and the windows had been covered up with metal. Officers did have to make forcible entry where they came in contact with Nicholas and Kinzleigh Reeder. The bloodhound was able to locate a scent that led to an outbuilding located on the property belonging to Nicholas Reeder. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department was contacted to assist in the search with a bloodhound named “Fred”.
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Throughout the investigation, there have been airplanes equipped with thermal imaging and drones used in the Pea Ridge Community. “Throughout the search for Kinzleigh Reeder, there have been hundreds of manpower hours utilized in the diligent search for Nicholas Reeder and the missing child. It all came to end on Friday evening when the child was located in an outbuilding with her father”.
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“The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department along with other agencies from across middle Tennessee have diligently worked around the clock looking for Kinzleigh Reeder. Sheriff Patrick Ray issued the following statement after the Reeder’s were found. Kinzleigh was released to the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services and her father was arrested for child abuse and neglect, failure to appear, and custodial interference. Authorities were led to the shed by a bloodhound used in the search. The search for a six year old missing child and her father is over!ģ4 year old Nicholas Reeder and daughter Kinzleigh were found alive but barricaded in an outbuilding with little food and water on Reeder’s property in the Pea Ridge community Friday night.