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The Panola County Sheriff’s Department is asking for your help with a welfare concern in the county. Investigators need information regarding the whereabouts 35-year-old Samuel Dowden, Jr., his daughters, four-year-old Baleigh and two-year-old Madelyn. Samuel Dowden is described as a black male, five feet, six inches tall, weighing 136 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Baleigh is described as a black female, three feet tall, weighing 32 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Madelyn is described as a black female, two feet tall, weighing 25 pounds with black curly hair and brown eyes. They are believed to be traveling in a brown 2003 Chevrolet Blazer bearing Arkansas license plate 169 WYC. They were last seen at approximately 3:00 p.m., Saturday, May 14 in the Rock Hill Road area in Sardis, Mississippi and were believed to have been traveling to Little Rock, Arkansas. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Samuel, Baleigh and/or Madelyn Dowden should contact the Panola County Sheriff’s Department at 662-563-6230.