When a little girl ran away from a state facility in the massive and rugged Black Hills National Forest, her disappearance sparked an enormous search and pressured the facility to change its handling of missing children.
Black Hills National Forest is a major tourist spot, with millions of visitors annually. “It consists of 1.2 million acres of forested hills and mountains, approximately 110 miles long and 70 miles wide,” the USDA Forest Service reports. You can click here to see a breathtaking video of the Black Hills.
One of the most visited landmarks in the U.S. is in the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, where roughly two million visitors a year venture. Six miles northeast of this popular attraction, a nine-year-old girl ran out of a children’s home and vanished into the wilderness.
Serenity June Dennard was born on May 12, 2009, but her life was far from ideal. State officials removed her from her biological parents’ care when she was a toddler. They are currently in prison. Serenity was subsequently placed in about a dozen foster homes and suffered lasting trauma.
Chad Dennard and Darcie Gentry adopted Serenity in October 2014 after fostering her for several months. They are no longer together, and Dennard is married to KaSandra Dennard. Dennard has primary custody of Serenity, and Gentry has secondary.
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