Ian Alert Kentucky: A 17-year-old last seen on Conley Street
At about 9: 53 a. m. Wednesday, a 17-year-old named Jahmari Deshaun Carter was last seen in the 400 block of Conley Street in Lexington, Kentucky. Within hours, Ian Alert Kentucky became the public signal that something had gone wrong, as Kentucky State Police and the Lexington Police Department issued an IAN Alert for a missing and endangered teenager.
The alert identifies Carter as autistic and asks anyone with information to call 911 or local law enforcement. The details are brief by design: a name, a place, and a time, delivered fast enough to recruit the public into the search.
Lexington’s 400 block of Conley Street and Jahmari Deshaun Carter
Carter is described as a 17-year-old male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. The IAN Alert says he was last seen in the 400 block of Conley Street in Lexington on Wednesday morning, just before 10: 00 a. m., with Kentucky State Police listing the time as approximately 9: 53 a. m.
For families, neighbors, and anyone who knows that stretch of Conley Street, the address becomes more than a location marker. It is the last confirmed point where Carter was seen, and it is the starting line for every next step: checking nearby streets, scanning familiar routes, and looking for a teenager who may be in danger.
The alert also includes a key piece of identification: Carter is autistic. That detail is not added for color. It is part of why the IAN Alert exists, and it helps explain why authorities classify the situation as potentially dangerous and urgent.
Kentucky State Police and Lexington Police Department issue Ian Alert Kentucky
Kentucky State Police, working with the Lexington Police Department, issued the IAN Alert for Carter on March 11, 2026. The agency’s notice describes it as an alert for a missing and endangered individual and asks the public to take one clear action: call 911 or local law enforcement with any information.
The IAN Alert system is used when children under 18 with autism or mental illness go missing and may be in danger. That definition sets the stakes without speculation. It also shapes how the public should read the short description: Carter is not simply missing; authorities believe his age and condition may place him at higher risk.
Updates, Kentucky State Police said, will be provided through local media outlets. For now, the official information stays focused on what can be confirmed: the last-seen location in Lexington, the approximate time on Wednesday morning, and the physical description that can help someone recognize Carter quickly.
What the IAN Alert asks the public to do next
In cases like this, an alert is both a notice and an assignment. The notice is the identification of the missing teen: Jahmari Deshaun Carter, 17, 5 feet 7 inches tall, with brown hair and eyes, last seen in Lexington’s 400 block of Conley Street around 9: 53 a. m. Wednesday. The assignment is the request that follows: anyone with information should contact 911 or local law enforcement.
That call for tips is the central next step that has been confirmed. Authorities have not provided additional details in the alert about where Carter may have gone after he was last seen. Instead, the IAN Alert’s purpose is to widen the circle of awareness beyond law enforcement, so that everyday observations can be routed back to police.
As Ian Alert Kentucky continues, the last confirmed detail remains the one the public can anchor to: Carter was last seen on Conley Street in Lexington at approximately 9: 53 a. m. Wednesday. Until new information is released in updates, the request stays the same—if someone knows something that could help locate him, they are urged to call 911 or local law enforcement.
