{"id":275,"date":"2010-06-17T10:55:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T17:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2010-06-17T11:08:28","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T18:08:28","slug":"news-brief-publics-help-sought-in-missing-woman-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"News brief: Public&#8217;s help sought in missing woman case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker<br \/>\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Lewis County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is asking for the public&#8217;s help in locating an 18-year-old woman who was reported missing more than a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>Kayla Mae Croft-Payne is somewhat transient, living most recently in the Chehalis area, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_280\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/kayla.croft_.payne_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-280\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-280\" title=\"kayla.croft.payne\" src=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/kayla.croft_.payne_-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayla Croft-Payne<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A friend made a missing person report on May 5, after not seeing or hearing from Croft-Payne for several days, according to a news release. She has also not accessed her MySpace Internet account since April 28.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve exhausted all our leads,&#8221; sheriff&#8217;s Cmdr. Steve Aust said this morning. &#8220;We don&#8217;t have any information she&#8217;s met with foul play, but we don&#8217;t have any information she&#8217;s safe and sound.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Croft-Payne is a white female with blue eyes described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing about 105 pounds. The sheriff&#8217;s office released two photos of her yesterday hoping that will help in their investigation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_281\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/kayla.croft_.payne2_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-281\" title=\"kayla.croft.payne2\" src=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/kayla.croft_.payne2_-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayla Croft-Payne<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She has been known to frequent several locations in Lewis, Grays Harbor and Pierce counties, the sheriff&#8217;s office said. She did not have a job, according to Aust.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office asks anyone with any information on her whereabouts to call\u00a0 detective Jamey McGinty at 360-748-9286, referencing case number 10C4830. Also, information can be passed along anonymously through Crimes Stoppers of Lewis County at www.lewiscountycrimestoppers.org or the sheriff&#8217;s office new online crime tips page at http:\/\/tips.lewiscountywa.gov\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker Lewis County Sirens news reporter The Lewis County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is asking for the public&#8217;s help in locating an 18-year-old woman who was reported missing more than a month ago. Kayla Mae Croft-Payne is somewhat transient, living most recently in the Chehalis area, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office. 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