Similar security mechanisms are proposed for the Sioux Falls home but won’t be purchased or installed until the society receives a funding grant it has applied for, Lavallee said. Also, as of late January 2020, security cameras and doors with security alarms were planned but not yet installed at the Black Hills home, nearly a year after Serenity’s disappearance. Although the home society has engaged new protocols to heighten runway prevention and training for employees at the Black Hills home, those same methods have not been fully implemented at the society’s residential treatment home in Sioux Falls. Over the past year, the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office has led an aggressive, two-pronged attempt to find Serenity - an investigative track that has sought to rule out foul play and search nationwide for Serenity and the search track that has engaged 1,200 trained personnel from more than 65 agencies using scent and cadaver dogs, aircraft and thermal devices to look for Serenity’s body or any evidence. Though witnesses saw her run off, and a search began almost immediately, Serenity has never been seen again and no evidence of her death has been discovered. 3, 2019, when she ran away on a cold Sunday morning from the Black Hills Children’s Home, a residential youth treatment facility located near Rockerville in Pennington County, amid some of the most rugged and remote terrain in all of South Dakota. Deputy Jamin Hartland, the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office lead detective on the case, said the investigation is the most extensive in Pennington County history, and so far has shown no evidence of an abduction or other form of foul play.Despite a search by more than 1,200 people covering 4,500 miles of woodlands, and an investigation tracking down more than 220 leads and involving 465 interviews, Serenity Dennard remains missing and her fate remains a mystery. The eyewitnesses lost sight of Serenity for only 3 to 5 minutes before trying to follow Serenity’s path. Two eyewitnesses who saw Serenity run away reported it and then searched for her. Sheriff’s officials say Serenity had only a 3-minute to 5-minute head start on the first searchers. Serenity’s adoptive mother has been accused of involvement, Serenity’s adoptive father has had strangers take pictures of his other children playing outside his home and been accused of giving his daughter a phone in a plot to help her escape. Serenity’s adoptive parents had their sorrow and stress worsened by false statements on social media and a website created about the case. Also, security cameras and doors with security alarms were planned but not yet installed at the Black Hills home, nearly a year after Serenity’s disappearance. Although the home society has new protocols to heighten runway prevention, those have not been fully implemented at the treatment home in Sioux Falls. Two people with direct physical oversight of Serenity were fired after she ran away, but the on-call supervisor who advised employees on the scene to search longer on their own before calling 911 remains employed, as does the director of the home The children’s home was cited by state and federal regulators after Serenity’s disappearance for waiting 80 minutes to call 911, for having radios that were on different channels and for lacking planning and training in runaway prevention. Runaway prevention was part of the reason for her placement and part of her treatment plan at Black Hills Children’s Home. Serenity was known to run away frequently from her family home in Sturgis. Found this updated article if anyone else is interested without watching video, but here are a few of the more surprising points I got from it: Wow - I'd never heard of this case, but it's tragic for sure.
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