Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies are looking for a three year-old girl who is missing tonight from her Cordova home.

Shadria White	Shanetha Olivia White

Deputies believe the little girl was taken by her mother early this morning.  The mother, however, does not have custody of the child and relatives say she suffers from a medical condition and has not taken her medicine. 

Sheriff’s detectives say the missing child, Shanetha Olivia White, lives in the 10,000 block of North Green Moss Drive with her mother and grandmother.

The child’s grandmother, Carolyn Atkinson, 47, believes her daughter, Shadria White, 26, took the little girl sometime between one o’clock and eleven this morning. 

Ms. Atkinson told Sheriff’s detectives her daughter does not have a car and that someone must have come to the house in East Shelby County to pick up the child and her mother.  Ms. Atkinson believes the two may be traveling by bus to either Atlanta, Georgia or New York, New York.

Here is a description of three year-old Shanetha Olivia White:

• Height: 3’5”
• Weight: 45 pounds
• Hair: black
• Eyes: brown
• Clothing: blue pajamas, white tennis shoes

Here is a description of her mother, Shadria White:

• Height: 5’2”
• Weight: 200 pounds
• Hair: black
• Eyes: brown
• Clothing: unknown

Anyone with information about Shanetha White’s disappearance is asked to call the Shelby County Sheriff's Office Communication s Center at (901) 379-7625 or the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau at (901) 545-5600.

Update November 18, 2007 at 11:09 p.m.

The little girl and her mother were found safe moments ago in South Memphis.

Sheriff's detectives learned the girl's mother called an acquaintance who took the two to a friend's house in the 500 block of Hernando early this morning. Both the little girl and mother are fine. They are being taken right now to Sheriff's Office Headquarters to be questioned by detectives.

The little girl will be released to the care of her grandmother who has custody of her. Based on evidence and information about the case, the Shelby County District Attorney General's Office will be consulted about possible charges against the little girl's mother.

Update November 19, 2007 at 8:45 p.m.

The mother, Shadria White, remains at Jail East. Deputies charged her today with Custodial Interference, a Felony. She is being held on 100 dollars bond. The little girl is with her grandmother tonight. The child was not harmed during the ordeal.