The Case of Serenity Dennard
It's been two full years since 9 year old, Serenity Dennard ran away from Black Hill's Children's Home. Yet, it's been a long two years since she has been missing with no leads nor clues to find her. Despite the endless months of searching for Dennard, she seemed to disappear in thin air. This blog post is one that needed to be written because maybe someone, somewhere has the answers. Maybe if Serenity is still alive, she can see this.
In order for a person that has no idea about who she is or why this is such a big case that hasn't been solved yet, let's create a profile for Serenity. Keep in mind that some of these things are not to paint her in a bad picture but only to describe who she was as a person.
As stated above, at the time, she was a nine year old girl living in a home that specializes in child behavior and even accepts children that needs a family. In many pictures, she has blonde hair and a childlike smile that could make anyone do smile as well. Her personality could be described as a normal child, yet with some things that made her unique. She is described to have behavioral problems such as Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD). Symptom's that she has shown with these disorders brought her difficulty in school, such as refusing to do school work. Other symptoms that she displayed were, self-harm, breaking things, yelling at others, and tearing things up. These things can eventually lead her to be controlling and even run away, which she has done and planned to do multiple times.
Since you have a better understanding of what she was like, keep in mind that despite her disorders, 'she's still Serenity'. The child who made her parents proud to have her as their child. Even though I've never met the parents, they could probably say that she was not just someone with disorder but a child with a bright, daunting, and childlike personality that could cheer them up. Now, let's talk about when she went missing.
Around 10:45 AM on February 3rd, 2019, a child had created a disturbance which may have distracted Serenity to escape. Keep in mind that a week before, she tried to escape but was caught. The staff at the home placed her on a "arm's length only" but the day before she escaped was taken off of it for unknown reasons.
At 11 AM, she was last seen leaving the gym by someone who had dropped of a kid. The location was near the cattle guard. Yet this is where things kinda get weird. At 12:26, staff reported her missing. This could have been because staff wasn't paying attention or the staff was handling something but for Serenity to be reported missing almost hours later... it seems fishy.
Shortly after the Pennington County Sherriff arrive, a search party had started. After the first day, another went by. They brought out search dogs and even asked the public to help. Yet no sign of her. That is until someone reported a sighting in November 2019. When the doorbell footage was investigated and shown to her parents, they could not confirm that the girl in the footage was Serenity.
As of 2019, there has been no true leads that could tell us that there is a sign. On February 1st, 2021, the Sherriff has suspended the search for Serenity. Yet, there is still hope and as stated before, this is not just about some child but hopefully this can bring something new.
To conclude this blog, if anyone does find anything, even hears something, or has any new leads. contact the Pennington Police Sherriff at (605) 666-4520.
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