Woman arrested after child found wandering along Laurel County roadway

A Keavy woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a minor after her 3-year-old was reportedly found walking alone on Rooks Branch Road Sunday morning.

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene off of Ky. 312 about 10:50 a.m. by passers-by who had seen the child and picked her up as she wandered along the road and had tried to locate her caretaker.

Deputy William “Bo” Harris reported that the child stated that her name was “Kaylee.”

A witness told deputies the child had previously been seen walking down West City Dam Road.

Following a search of the area, deputies found the child’s mother, later identified as Lillian Jordan, 20, of Keavy. Jordan came to the Bait Bucket store on Ky. 312 where the child was waiting with deputies and the passers-by.

Jordan reportedly told Harris that she had been asleep at home on Paris Karr Road and the child got out of the house and wondered off on her own.

According to Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, public affairs officer with the sheriff’s department, Jordan made no calls to 911 to report the child was missing.

Jordan was arrested and lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center. She has since been released on a $1,000 cash bond.
Social services was notified of the incident and came to the scene before turning the child over to her grandmother.

Deputy John Inman assisted at the scene.