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JENNIFER LEA SETTLE

Wanted Fugitive

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Wanted for

Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Custodial Interference

Description

Sex
Female
Race
white
Hair
brown
Eyes
brown
Height
5'3"
Weight
110 lbs
Age
55
Date(s) of birth used
January 30, 1971
Place of birth
Elkton, Maryland

Field offices

Columbia · SC

Details

Jennifer Lea Settle is wanted in South Carolina for allegedly abducting her 11-year-old daughter McKenna Butcher. Law enforcement received information that, following a family court order, full custody of McKenna was given to her father. McKenna went missing from Taylors, South Carolina, on April 25, 2019. McKenna may be in the company of her mother Jennifer Settle.

An arrest warrant was issued for Jennifer Lea Settle by the state of South Carolina after she was charged with custodial interference. On June 28, 2019, Settle was also charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, and a federal warrant was issued by the United States District Court, District of South Carolina.

McKenna Butcher is described as a White female, date of birth November 14, 2007, 4'8" (at the time of her disappearance), 85 pounds (at the time of her disappearance), with light brown hair and blue eyes.

Poster files

English

Posted Aug 13, 2019 · Updated by the FBI Mar 14, 2026

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