Teen attending center run by KY juvenile justice has been missing since July
Police in Western Kentucky say a teen has been missing from a facility operated by the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice for more than a month and a half, but he was reported missing only last week.
Devan Fallis, 15, has been missing from the Day Treatment Center in Hopkinsville since mid-July, but no one reported his absence until Aug. 27, the Hopkinsville Police Department said in a Facebook post Tuesday.
The police department said Devan was last seen at Wendy’s on Ft. Campbell Boulevard July 14.
“He was last seen wearing a blue shirt, khakis and black shoes,” the Sept. 2 Facebook post reads.
Morgan Hall, communications director for the Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet, said Devan’s parental guardians, law enforcement and the Department for Community Based Services were notified July 9 that he had left the Christian County Day Treatment Center prior to dismissal.
Police indicated he was seen five days after that at Wendy’s. Juvenile justice department officials have continued to notify Devan’s guardians and caseworker about his absences from school and treatment in recent weeks.
The Christian County Day Treatment Center is one of five such non-residential facilities operated by the state. Hall said the center is not a secure facility and juveniles arrive to and leave daily.
The cabinet’s website says these facilities “provide education and intensive services to youth who live at home, in a foster home, or a group home and report to the program as required.” Hall said the goal of the centers is to redirect troubled youth from the criminal justice system.
It was not immediately clear why Devan was not reported missing sooner, who reported him missing or the circumstances under which he was being served by the center. The police department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
The Christian County Day Treatment Center “serves primarily Hopkinsville Group Home and Christian County but can accept students from nearby counties,” according to its website.
The center provides “a variety of support services to juveniles in their programs, including group, individual, and family therapy.”
Anyone with information about Devan’s whereabouts was asked to call police at 270-890-1300.
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This story was originally published September 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM.
