KY WYNTER WAGONER: Missing from Orlando, KY - 14 Oct 2025 - Age 13

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FBI helping with ongoing search for southern Kentucky teen​

Officials with multiple Kentucky law enforcement agencies held a press conference at 1 p.m. on Wednesday to update the public about an ongoing search for Wynter B. Wagoner, who has been missing since Oct. 14.

FOX 56 News crew members attended Wednesday’s press conference, where the Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office announced that the FBI would be helping in the search to find Wagoner.

Officials said that since she went missing, Wagoner’s social media accounts have gone silent.

Around noon on Oct. 22, officials with the Mount Vernon Fire Department wrote that crews had been helping with several search efforts for Wagoner, 13, in the Climax area. She had reportedly last been seen in the Orlando area.

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Family of missing southern Kentucky teen asks for her safe return, offers cash reward​

Exhausted, pained, and worried, yet Wynter Wagoner’s family is standing together amid her disappearance. The only priority they have right now is ensuring that she is safe.

Haley Whitehead, Wynter’s aunt, said the 13-year-old had been at her latest foster care home for about a year, when she went missing the evening of Oct. 14 in Rockcastle County near the Orlando area.

“She’s not an outdoor girl. She’s more of a Netflix and chill kind of girl. She didn’t walk out of those woods. She didn’t go run into the woods. Someone has had to have got her and picked her up and took her out of there,” Whitehead said.

The family is offering thousands of dollars out of their own pocket for information that would lead to Wynter’s return.

“As long as I have confirmation she’s safe, that’s what we need at this point. Nothing else matters, and I will gladly hand over $5,000 to know she’s safe,” Whitehead said.

After more than a week of searching and distributing flyers, the family is wondering why more hasn’t been done.

“This should have probably been more of an alert early on. I do feel like a new system needs put in play to get the word out about missing,” Whitehead said.

Local law enforcement officials stated that more agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), are now involved.

Tpr. Scottie Pennington, a Kentucky State Police public affairs officer, shared that, “searches are going on, ground searches, and they’re flying drones. We’re just looking for the assistance of the people. If you see something, say something.”


MEDIA - WYNTER WAGONER: Missing from Orlando, KY - 14 Oct 2025 - Age 13

 

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Father of missing Rockcastle County 13-year-old speaks out as search continues

Wynter Wagoner has been missing for nearly two weeks, and her father says he's being left in the dark as local, state, and federal agencies search for the 13-year-old girl.

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Father of missing Rockcastle County 13-year-old speaks out as search continues​

Wynter Wagoner has been missing for nearly two weeks, and her father says he's being left in the dark as local, state, and federal agencies search for the 13-year-old girl.

Dusty Wagoner was working to regain custody of his daughter, also known as Wynterbrook, after getting out of prison this summer.

The Rockcastle County Sheriff says Wynter disappeared from her foster home on Wolfe Creek Road in Rockcastle County on the night of October 14.

"There's a message actually on my Facebook where she had wrote right before I got out how excited she was for me to be coming home. How excited she was to come live with me, she couldn't wait," Wagoner said. "She's my everything."

Wagoner says he didn't find out about his daughter's disappearance until days later, when a case worker contacted him.

"It's kind of depressing, you know. Because you just, you are left in the dark," he said.

The Rockcastle County Sheriff's Office is leading the search with assistance from multiple national agencies, including the FBI and the United States Marshals Service. Dusty says authorities have visited Wynter's aunt's house and her boyfriend's house to gain information.

"They've been everywhere, but they've never came to my family's house, not once," he said.

Dusty says his daughter had run away before and immediately called her grandmother when she got to a phone.

"I feel like she would have called me and let me know something because she did then," he said. "I definitely feel like there's something wrong."

The father says Wynter wasn't happy with her living situation.

"She wanted me to come pick her up several times. And I explained to her, I said, 'Wynter, I can't do that. I have to go through the courts. I have to do everything right because I can't just come and pick you up and take you off from there,'" Dusty added. "Because I'll get in trouble, you'll get in trouble, and you'll have to go right back."

Before Wynter's disappearance, Wagoner says things were looking up.

"It's been crazy, really. I have my hopes set high on just bringing her home and letting her have a better life and just a happier childhood, you know, she's been through a lot. Winterbrook has through her whole life," he said.

Now, Wagoner says controlling his emotions is getting harder as the search continues.

"I don't know what to do with myself, you know. It's painful," he said.

 

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FBI helping with ongoing search for southern Kentucky teen​

Officials with multiple Kentucky law enforcement agencies held a press conference at 1 p.m. on Wednesday to update the public about an ongoing search for Wynter B. Wagoner, who has been missing since Oct. 14.

FOX 56 News crew members attended Wednesday’s press conference, where the Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office announced that the FBI would be helping in the search to find Wagoner.

Officials said that since she went missing, Wagoner’s social media accounts have gone silent.

Around noon on Oct. 22, officials with the Mount Vernon Fire Department wrote that crews had been helping with several search efforts for Wagoner, 13, in the Climax area. She had reportedly last been seen in the Orlando area.

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Family of missing southern Kentucky teen asks for her safe return, offers cash reward​

Exhausted, pained, and worried, yet Wynter Wagoner’s family is standing together amid her disappearance. The only priority they have right now is ensuring that she is safe.

Haley Whitehead, Wynter’s aunt, said the 13-year-old had been at her latest foster care home for about a year, when she went missing the evening of Oct. 14 in Rockcastle County near the Orlando area.

“She’s not an outdoor girl. She’s more of a Netflix and chill kind of girl. She didn’t walk out of those woods. She didn’t go run into the woods. Someone has had to have got her and picked her up and took her out of there,” Whitehead said.

The family is offering thousands of dollars out of their own pocket for information that would lead to Wynter’s return.

“As long as I have confirmation she’s safe, that’s what we need at this point. Nothing else matters, and I will gladly hand over $5,000 to know she’s safe,” Whitehead said.

After more than a week of searching and distributing flyers, the family is wondering why more hasn’t been done.

“This should have probably been more of an alert early on. I do feel like a new system needs put in play to get the word out about missing,” Whitehead said.

Local law enforcement officials stated that more agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), are now involved.

Tpr. Scottie Pennington, a Kentucky State Police public affairs officer, shared that, “searches are going on, ground searches, and they’re flying drones. We’re just looking for the assistance of the people. If you see something, say something.”

I'm not understanding her statement about going into the woods and somebody took her out there.

 

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I'm not understanding her statement about going into the woods and somebody took her out there.

Yeahhh, glad I'm not the only one. Maybe referring to the areas they're searching?

Search for missing Rockcastle Co. teen enters second week

It has now been over a week since 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner was reported missing.

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Officials have been executing ground searches on the wooded area behind the home where she was last seen, as well as a drone search. One of the family members at the press conference claimed off camera that Wynter had called her first cousin before her disappearance. That call that is currently being investigated by the FBI.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I think it maybe means the foster home is set in the woods and she is saying she'd never go through the woods to leave, depart from them, come out of them. Maybe. Or her last known area is woods, hard to tell.

Are there any details on time of day she left, how, last seen, etc. I didn't see much in skimming the links but I may have missed such.

If middle of night it could mean she wouldn't leave due to woods but that someone had to take her.

First skim of the case, may have something wrong or missed something but don't think so.

Where is the mother in this case? Referenced are father, grandmother, aunt and first cousin.

 

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Are there any details on time of day she left, how, last seen, etc. I didn't see much in skimming the links but I may have missed such.

In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, officials involved in the search shared that Wynter was last seen on Oct. 14, when she was picked up early from school by her foster parents. It was reported that she was not feeling well and was resting at home, but when her parents went to check on her at dinnertime, they discovered she was gone.

 

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Yeahhh, glad I'm not the only one. Maybe referring to the areas they're searching?

Search for missing Rockcastle Co. teen enters second week

It has now been over a week since 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner was reported missing.

www.wkyt.com

Officials have been executing ground searches on the wooded area behind the home where she was last seen, as well as a drone search. One of the family members at the press conference claimed off camera that Wynter had called her first cousin before her disappearance. That call that is currently being investigated by the FBI.

It would have taken a reporter only a few more seconds to write the context of that comment.

 

[GrandmaBear]

In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, officials involved in the search shared that Wynter was last seen on Oct. 14, when she was picked up early from school by her foster parents. It was reported that she was not feeling well and was resting at home, but when her parents went to check on her at dinnertime, they discovered she was gone.

Thank you. So she went missing during the daytime, a school day, after being picked up at school. So it seems likely she did leave on her own, assuming the foster family had no involvement.

 

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This week on “Missing,” host Marni Hughes looks into new developments in several missing person cases. In Kentucky, police are searching for missing 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner in Rockcastle County. Family members say she was last seen Oct. 14 at her foster family’s home in Orlando, Kentucky.

 

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13-year-old missing for three weeks as family refuses to give up search

13-year-old Wynter Wagoner disappeared from her foster home bedroom on Oct. 14, and her family is doing everything they can to bring her home.

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13-year-old missing for three weeks as family refuses to give up search​

13-year-old Wynter Wagoner disappeared from her foster home bedroom on Oct. 14, and her family is doing everything they can to bring her home.

"We're not gonna stop. Like we're just not. No matter how long it takes. I mean we'll go anywhere. We'll do whatever," said Dovie Kirkland, a family friend helping with the search.

Wynter has been missing for three weeks as of Tuesday, leaving her family with more questions than answers about what happened to her and where she might be.

"She's been gone for three weeks today. That's too long for a 13-year-old. You usually have a trail to follow with a child, and she's a child," said Haley Whitehead, Wynter's aunt.

Whitehead believes if Wynter is still out there, she would have to be depending on someone else for help. However, the teenager's social media accounts have remained inactive, and she hasn't contacted any family members since her disappearance.

"I do feel like if she could've reached out, she would have messaged my daughter. They're pretty close. They kept in contact pretty steady. And my daughter has been looking for anything, any kind of activity. Nothing," Whitehead said.

Search crews have spent weeks combing the steep hills and rough terrain along Wolf Creek Road. The challenging landscape reinforces Whitehead's belief that Wynter didn't simply run away on her own.

The emotional toll on the family has been overwhelming.

"We go to bed thinking about it. We wake up thinking about it. We can't concentrate on anything else. And honestly, we're not going to until we find her," Whitehead said.

Taking matters into their own hands, Whitehead and Kirkland created a Facebook page called "Where is Wynter B. Wagoner" to spread awareness across the nation.

"We have to be her voice. That's the goal is just to find out, you know, where she's at, to know that she's safe, to get her brought home. I mean, it takes the community," Kirkland said.

Whitehead has also hired private investigator Sam Cornett to work alongside her in searching for any clues about Wynter's whereabouts. Cornett can be contacted at 606-550-8888.

If Wynter is out there somewhere, her aunt has a simple message for her.

"We're just... we're lost. I don't wish this on anybody, not knowing if somebody you love is okay. If they're smiling, if they're happy, if they're sad, you know, you don't where they're at. Just call us Wynter," Whitehead said.

The family is offering a $5,000 reward for information that helps them find Wynter.

 

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So what I'm wondering is--clearly she was not too sick if she left on her own. It is said there has been no SM activity etc. on her phone since she went missing. However, was there any after the foster parents got her home until they discovered she was missing... If she was not really sick I'd think she'd be on her phone, etc. immediately once in her room.

 

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'It's driving us crazy': Search for 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner stretches into 4th week

The ongoing search for 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner, who disappeared from Rockcastle County, has stretched into its fourth week.

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'It's driving us crazy': Search for 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner stretches into 4th week​

The ongoing search for 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner, who disappeared from Rockcastle County, has stretched into its fourth week. Wagoner was last seen on October 14 around the small community of Orlando.

Her aunt, Haley Whitehead, says the hardest part is not knowing where she is, and if she's okay.

"It's driving us crazy and our minds are ... they've been to the darkest corners because anything is possible," she said.

According to Whitehead, Wagoner had been living with a foster family and had recently been forced to change schools.

"She was having a little trouble at school, the past couple of months especially," she said. "She got put into an alternative school and the day she went missing was her second day in that school."

Whitehead thinks it's possible that that change could have been a catalyst for this. Wagoner wasn't happy there, Whitehead said, and this wouldn't be the first time she's expressed her unhappiness with her current situation, be it school or at home.

Whitehead frequently hosted her niece at her home over the years, even taking her on vacation with the family. She was very close with her cousin, Whitehead's daughter, and the two are only 11 months apart in age.

The family have been in conversations about the possibilities, possibilities that concern Whitehead as time without hearing from Wagoner or answers from law enforcement stretches on.

"it kind of feels like it's losing steam as far as people looking for her. like they were in the beginning," she said. "We really don't know what to do."

 

[GrandmaBear]

If she left of her own accord, one would think she'd contact her bf if not her aunt, grandma, dad or cousin.

Acting out at school for a few months and ends up being placed in an alternative school program. Foster parents called on second day to pick her up as she was sick. Hated the new school but had hardly attended it yet.

A shame a family member couldn't have taken her in.

No real feeling her yet as to what happened... It would seem maybe she planned to run as she is the one who wanted to come home early, but not convinced of that either and it's been a month already...

 

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Search continues for missing Rockcastle Co. teen

The Sheriff’s Office encourages anyone with information to call their 24/7 dispatch number at 606-256-2121.

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Search continues for missing Rockcastle Co. teen​

Wynter B. Wagoner, the missing 13 year-old girl in Rockcastle Co. was reported missing on Oct. 14 at approximately 6:15 p.m.

Wagoner was last seen near Wolfe Creek Road in the Orlando community, where she was living with a foster family. While she has ran away before, her family believes this time is different.

“The one time she did leave before, she stayed in the woods for maybe an hour and she called a family member to come and get her,” said Johnny Miller, Wagoner’s cousin. “She wanted to come home and that’s the difference. She communicated and with this specific instance there is no communication whatsoever.”

Miller said there might have been clues as to why she would run away, but the timeline is concerning.

“There was a text that went out saying she was going to Florida and it was sent to our cousin Paisley. But we have no proof that she actually is the one that sent it,” Miller said.

“She had apparently mentioned at school that she wanted to leave or, you know, get away from the foster home. But even then, that does not explain disappearing for over a month with zero contact,” Miller said.

Deputies with the Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office say they have been searching and conducting interviews since the day she went missing.

“We’ve done several days of land searches there with drones and people on the ground. We working in teams. We’ve checked caves,” said Sam Brock, chief deputy and detective at RCCSO. “They actually repel down into caves. It was very extensive search we done in the area.”

While they do not have any leads on her whereabouts, several law enforcement agencies say they are working daily to bring Wagoner home safely.

Officials with the RCCSO say the FBI and U.S. Marshals have been involved since the beginning. Kentucky State Police, city management, and several local fire departments are also assisting on this case.

“And there really hasn’t been a let up and we don’t perceive a let up until we find Wynter,” said Shannon Franklin, Rockcastle County sheriff.

Sheriff Shannon said the technologies available to the Kentucky State Police, FBI, and U.S. Marshall Service have been helpful in eliminating search areas.

 

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I don't like cases where the info comes only from one source. It doesn't mean the source is guilty of course, but it makes it hard to know whether what is told is the truth...

 

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Congressman brings awareness to missing 13-year-old in Kentucky - WNKY News 40 Television

Source: Rockcastle County Sheriff's Office. ROCKCASTLE COUNTY, Ky. – For over a month, 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner has remained missing, prompting multiple agencies to try to locate her. Congressman Hal Rogers, dean of the house and serving the fifth district of Kentucky, shared a social media...

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Congressman brings awareness to missing 13-year-old in Kentucky​

For over a month, 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner has remained missing, prompting multiple agencies to try to locate her.

Congressman Hal Rogers, dean of the house and serving the fifth district of Kentucky, shared a social media post on Wednesday by the Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office, which features a picture of Wagoner and her description.

Rogers states that Wagoner’s family has reached out to his office asking for help to find her.

Wagoner was last seen in the Orlando area of Rockcastle County around 6:15 p.m. on Oct. 14.

Rogers states, “The Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office, Kentucky State Police, FBI and U.S. Marshal’s office have been searching for her for more than one month, and I applaud their continued work.”

 

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Rockcastle County deputies share more pictures of missing teen amid ongoing search​

Officials in Rockcastle County shared more photos on Wednesday of 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner, who has been missing since mid-October, asking anyone with information that could help find her to come forward.

Investigators said Wagoner was last seen around 6:15 p.m. on Oct. 14 in the Orlando community. She’d been living in foster care for over a year with her aunt, Haley Whitehead, before her disappearance.

 

[GrandmaBear]

The foster care she was in was with an aunt?? Not sure I knew that. An aunt talks in the first post but can't be her as she talks "out of there" not "out of here" as if their house.

 

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The foster care she was in was with an aunt?? Not sure I knew that. An aunt talks in the first post but can't be her as she talks "out of there" not "out of here" as if their house.

The name is the same and it makes the "waking into the woods" comment make a bit more sense, like the adding saw her waking into the woods, but she definitely words it like the foster home was elsewhere.