IN MERCEDES LAIN: Missing from Mishawaka, IN - 14 Aug 2021 - Age 11 months *Found Deceased**GUILTY PLEA*

FBI joins search for missing 11-month-old in Indiana; parents charged

Mercedes Lain, of Plymouth, Indiana, was described as white female, 2 feet tall and 19 pounds with blonde hair with brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white onesie with pink trim.

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FBI joins search for missing 11-month-old in Indiana; parents charged​

The parents of a missing 11-month-old girl in Indiana have been taken into custody, police said Tuesday.

Plymouth Police Chief David Bacon said at a news conference that Kenneth Lain and Tiffany Coburn were being charged with neglect of a dependent.

The FBI is now assisting in the search for Mercedes Lain, WNDU reported.

She is described as a white female, 2 feet tall and 19 pounds with blonde hair with brown eyes. She was last seen at 12:30 a.m. Saturday in Mishawaka, Indiana, wearing a white onesie with pink trim, the FBI Indianapolis office said on Twitter.

Plymouth Police Chief David Bacon said the man she had last been seen with, 37-year-old Justin Miller, is in custody and also charged with neglect of a dependent. Police said Miller is a family friend and was supposed to babysit Mercedes for a few days.

Mercedes was reported missing by her father Sunday night, and a statewide Silver Alert was issued. Miller and his vehicle were found in Starke County at 3:30 a.m. Monday.

Police believe Mercedes could be in the Marshall County area, but there is no sign of where exactly she might be.

“We’re just asking if anybody knows anything or if you have her, please bring her home or take her somewhere where she can be brought home,” said Stacy Milton, Mercedes’ aunt. “Please, we’re asking for your guys’ help.”

She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance, according to the Silver Alert. Michiana Crime Stoppers has offered a reward of up to $1,000 for anyone who has information that could lead to finding her.

MERCEDES LAIN: Missing from Mishawaka, IN since 14 Aug 2021 - Age 11 months

Mercedes was last seen with Justin Miller at an Economy Inn on the northern edge of Plymouth on Thursday evening, police said. The child's father, Kenny Lain, gave Mercedes to Miller, a family friend, to babysit, police say.

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Father Who Wanted 'A Break' from Parenting Heads to Prison for Leaving Baby Girl with Man Who Murdered Her

A judge in Indiana handed down the maximum sentence to Kenneth Robert Lain for his role in the death of his infant daughter Mercedes.

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Marshall Superior Court Judge Matthew E. Sarber on Friday sentenced Kenneth Robert Lain, 42, to serve two years and six months in prison after one of Lain’s friends murdered 11-month-old Mercedes Lain while babysitting in August 2021, court records reviewed by Law&Crime indicate.