9-Year-Old Girl Went Missing 3 Months Ago, and Cadaver Dogs Might Have Picked up Her Scent

Photo: Pennington County Sheriff’s Office Three months after 9-year-old Serenity Dennard disappeared, South Dakota investigators believe they may have a new lead. Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom has revealed that K-9 units have picked up a cadaver scent within a mile of where Serenity was last seen alive in Rapid City, theArgus Leader,Rapid City JournalandNewscenter1report. “Those two witnesses drove back out onto South Rockerville road and didn’t see Serenity,” Thom said, Newscenter1 reports.

9-Year-Old Girl Who Was Bullied Because She Has Spina Bifida Launches Her Own Nail Polish Line

Lola Marie may be young, but she’s already made a massive impact on the world — and she’s far from finished. Spina bifida is a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord don’t form properly, according tothe Mayo Clinic. Since launching her business in April 2020, Lola has transformed into an entrepreneur on the rise, raising over $59,000 — enough to buy her family a wheelchair-accessible van so she can travel easily and live more independently.

9-Year-Old Ind. Boy Who Pleaded 'Please Stop' Is Beaten to Death, Mom and Her Spouse Charged

Elijah Ross.Photo: GoFundMe According to a probable cause affidavit released Wednesday, the boy’s mother, Jenna Mae Miller, 36, who is Alesha’s spouse, told investigators that on the night the boy died, Alesha had “repeatedly” beaten her son with a wooden paddle as he screamed “Please stop,“FOX 55andWANE 15report. Alesha wasarrested on Tuesdayon four charges: aggravated battery resulting in death, neglect of a dependent resulting in death and two counts of neglect of a dependent.

9-Year-Old Instagram Stars Ask Fans to Help Find Bone Marrow Transplant to Save Their Dad's Life

The Clement family.Photo: Daniella Alkobi It was in 2017 when a friend of the family encouraged them to create an Instagram account for the girls. Almost immediately after their mom Jaqi posted the first few photos, they began to bring in tens of thousands of followers. The family never thought their pictures would be anything but them modeling, but then Kevin got sick in October. The father of three and head swim coach at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, California, started feeling “a little bit of a cold” coming on, he recalls.

9-Year-Old Lives to Meet His Newborn Baby Sister Before Dying of Cancer: 'He Managed to Hang On'

Photo: Courtesy Lee Cooper “All he was concerned about was meeting his little sister. Bailey knew something wasn’t right. He could feel it in himself,” Bailey’s dad, Lee Cooper, 31, tells PEOPLE. “We got told the news late August that he wasn’t going to survive. We were told it was days to weeks. We were very open with him. He was taking it in … He was thinking, ‘Oh no, I won’t meet my sister.