Following the death of a young boy with autism in Hart County, community organizations are raising awareness about resources available for families.

On Tuesday, the first IAN alert was issued for 5-year-old Silas Shearer in Hart County, who went missing from his home.

A heartbreaking loss in Hart County is prompting urgent questions about Kentucky’s new Ian Alert system, designed to help locate missing children with autism.

The cause of death for a 5-year-old boy with autism who was found dead after a statewide IAN Alert Tuesday in Hart County, ...

HART COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Kentucky’s first-ever Ian Alert was issued Tuesday for a missing 5-year-old boy in Hart ...

An "Ian Alert" covers gaps between other alerts and will use the same system as the AMBER Alert. It’s named for Ian Sousis, a ...

An IAN Alert was issued in Kentucky on Tuesday for a missing 5-year-old boy, and now troopers say he has been found dead.

The alert system was used for the first time exactly one year after legislation was passed. What we know about an IAN alert.

Police said 5-year-old Silas, who is autistic, walked away from his home Tuesday at 8 a.m. in Cub Run, Kentucky. Cub Run is just outside of Mammoth Cave National Park, which is about 170 miles from ...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- A tragic ending, after many tri-staters received an “IAN Alert” on their phone Tuesday morning. The ...

The IAN Alert system was created to quickly locate missing vulnerable children, such as those with autism, and was activated when 5-year-old Silas Chearer went missing but was unfortunately found ...

A 3-year-old boy was located and his father captured after a days-long search after the boy's mother and a teenage girl were ...