“I’m trusting God will intervene and the situation will be handled properly, so I am leaving my stress and hurt at His feet,” Duke said in a Facebook post. “I do ask that if you see Kayden out somewhere that you call it in to the Lincoln County Sheriff Department immediately. I also ask that you continue to pray over the situation. Pray over the officers who have followed up with every piece of information regarding Kayden. Pray for their safety as they continue to look for him … Pray for Kayden and his safety as well, please. Thank you.”

“We have been running down leads on him around town, but no luck so far,” Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing said.

Ritchey is known to frequent the area of Startown and North Jackson Street in Brookhaven.