COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – This investigation has been resolved and the girls have been found safe.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Child Alert for a 10-month-old and 2-year-old missing from the Cookeville area for nearly one week.
According to police, 10-month-old Rayah Sunshine Smith and two-year-old Marlee Smith were last seen June 7 at the Fall Creek Inn. Officers said the girls are likely with their parents, Haylee and Nicholas Smith. The parents recently lost custody of their children.
A court order had been issued to take physical custody of the girls and place them in protective custody.
Investigators believe they were traveling in a 2010 black Chevy Cobalt with Tennessee registration 5M50X7.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is urged to contact the TBI at 800-TBI-FIND or Detective Sergeant Tammy Goolsby with the Cookeville Police Department at 931-526-2125.