Laurel County deputies searching for missing woman last seen Friday

LONDON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a woman who has been reported missing since Friday afternoon.

According to the sheriff’s office, 24-year-old Hannah N. Smith was last seen around 4 p.m. on July 19 in the area of Kentucky 30, about 10 miles northeast of London.

Deputies say Smith may be in the company of a man identified as Austin Brown, who was reportedly driving a black Chevrolet Silverado pickup.

Smith is described as a white woman, 5-foot-5, about 200 pounds, with brown hair below her shoulders and brown eyes. She has a tattoo of a Nightmare Before Christmas character on her right arm. She was last seen wearing black leggings, a gray short-sleeve shirt, and white slide-on sandals.

Anyone with information about Smith’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office at (606) 864-6600, the county’s 911 dispatch center at (606) 878-7000, or send a message to the sheriff’s office Facebook page.

The case is being investigated by Deputy Daniel Reed, with assistance from Laurel County Emergency Management.