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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:49 PM

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TBI Issues Amber Alert For Missing Blount County Six Year Old Boy

(WVLT) -- The Blount County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 6-year-old boy in the Top of the World area.

Kaydon Leach was last seen at around 6 p.m. Monday near his home on South Hummingbird Drive in Tallassee in the Top of the World community. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Child Alert for Kaydon on Tuesday. The head of Blount County EMS said an IPAWS message was sent out to residents Monday night shortly before 10:30 p.m.


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ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT: We need your help, East Tennessee, to find this missing 6-year-old boy from Blount County. Kaydon Leach was last seen Monday evening in the area of South Hummingbird Drive in Tallassee.

Spot him? Call 1-800-TBI-FIND!

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Kaydon is four feet tall and weighs approximately 60 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, gray sweatpants, and slip-on shoes. Deputies said one of Kaydon's dogs may be with him. The dog is a small black and white Terrier.

A representative with the Blount County Sheriff's Office said crews have been out all night searching for the boy since they received the call shortly after 7 p.m. Monday.

"We've had resources out all night, and we are being assisted by the military who searched the area at Top of the World by way of a Black Hawk helicopter with Flir technology," Blount County Sheriff's Office Spokeswoman Marian O'Briant said. "We've also had boots on the ground all night."

Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of Kayden Leach has been urged to call 1-800-TBI-FIND, 911 or Blount County dispatch at 865-983-3620.