{"id":6219,"date":"2011-04-29T13:06:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T20:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2011-04-29T13:06:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T20:06:46","slug":"kayla-croft-payne-vigil-draws-friends-family-of-missing-teenager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=6219","title":{"rendered":"Kayla Croft-Payne: Vigil draws friends, family of missing teenager"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of Kayla Croft-Payne's younger sisters, Jaida Payne, is comforted as family and friends held a vigil last night in Chehalis.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kayla's 4-year-old sister Shelbie chooses a balloon as their mother Michelle Croft looks on.<\/p><\/div>\n

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"I love you Peanut, I miss you every day ... Butter," Kayla's friend Ashley Smith marks on a balloon.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kayla's father, Thomas Payne, readies a balloon for his grandson.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Penny Playground, Chehalis, Wash. April 28, 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHEHALIS – The rain paused yesterday just long enough for friends and family of the missing Kayla Croft-Payne to gather in a Chehalis park to honor the teenager and vow to keep searching until she’s found.<\/p>\n

More than 50 individuals, including her relatives from as far away as Seattle and Vancouver, Wash., met at Penny Playground on the one-year anniversary of her disappearance.<\/p>\n

Croft-Payne was 18 years old and living outside Chehalis on April 28, 2010 when she last logged onto her MySpace internet account. She was reported missing on May 5 by a friend who hadn’t seen or heard from her for several days.<\/p>\n

Candles were lit and balloons with handwritten messages were sent skyward yesterday evening.<\/p>\n

Her father, Thomas Payne of Longview, asked the group to please share any information they might have about his daughter’s whereabouts.<\/p>\n

“I hope everyone gets the word out so I can find my little girl,” Payne said.<\/p>\n

Morton resident Jennifer Mau urged all who would like to help look for Croft-Payne to keep updated on plans for search parties by joining the “Missing Kayla” Facebook group.<\/p>\n

Mau is part of a group which organized three weeks of ground searches last summer and found the body of missing Morton teenager Austin King.<\/p>\n

“We’ll keep Kayla’s picture out there and do searches, if any of you want to help,” Mau said.
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Read more about Kayla Croft-Payne, here<\/a>
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Join the Missing Kayla Facebook group, here<\/a><\/p>\n

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