A child missing from Wheelersburg is officially listed on the Web site for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and her mother is in the Scioto County Jail on contempt charges.

Jaelyn Rice, a 4-year-old, described as having blonde hair and blue eyes, has been missing since July 16, but did not become listed as missing until last week when her father, Stephen A. Rice, of 4813 West Flamingo Road, Tampa, Fla., issued a missing persons report. Prior to the filing, the incident was being treated as a domestic dispute because the mother reportedly knows where the child is but refuses to give the whereabouts of the child to authorities.

The mother, Cherish N. Lewis, of 709 Herms Hill Road, Wheelersburg, is incarcerated in the Scioto County Jail, and according to Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini, has been ordered to remain in jail until she reveals the whereabouts of the child.

Judge Frederick W. Crow III, was assigned to hear the case after a conflict in the original case, involving Judge David Spears in Scioto County Domestic Relations Court, resulted in that court contacting the Ohio Supreme Court for someone to come in and hear the case.

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Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse states following:

Hair: Blonde or Strawberry, Shoulder, Ponytail

Height: 3' 7"

Also states that she has a scar on the right side of the forhead and underneath right side of arm from surgery.

Last seen on 06-12-09 in Wheelersburg, Ohio. It also sates last seen om 07/30/09

So there is some confusion here about when she was last seen.

http://www.mcc.ag.state.oh.us/P3.aspx?PQID=JAERIC