What began as a frantic search for a missing child ended in heartbreak and an arrest as the tragedy shifted from a missing-persons case to a harrowing criminal investigation.
The search for Jayden Spicer came to a tragic end nearly a week after he was reported missing. On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, troopers discovered the boy’s body buried in a shallow grave off Canoe Road — a
remote area roughly 19 miles from his home on Panbowl Branch Road.Spicer was last seen on the night of Wednesday,
August 6, reportedly wearing blue Sonic the Hedgehog pajamas. According to Kentucky State Police, his mother, 33-year-old Felicia Gross, told authorities he had vanished overnight.
