By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The family of the missing Kayla Croft-Payne will host a gathering tomorrow in Chehalis to mark the four year anniversary of the disappearance of the then 18-year-old Lewis County girl.
Kayla Croft-Payne
The vigil will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Penny Playground in Recreation Park in Chehalis.
A press conference is scheduled as well, conducted by Michelle Bart, with a Vancouver, Wash.-based group called National Women’s Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation.
Croft-Payne’s family encourages the young woman’s friends, associates and members of the public to join them.
Croft-Payne was living in a trailer between Chehalis and Napavine 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.
Last year at this time, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office began looking into information Croft-Payne shared with others about getting her photos taken by someone she met online, as she wanted to become a model.
What: Vigil for Kayla Croft-Payne
Where: Recreation Park, Penny Playground in Chehalis, 221 SW 13th St.
When: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday April 26, 2014
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For background, read :
• “Sheriff’s office digs around Winlock property in connection with missing girl case” from Friday May 10, 2013, here
• “Kayla Croft-Payne: Family of missing girl questions link to modeling website” from Monday April 29, 2013, here
• “Kayla Croft-Payne: Missing Lewis County teen’s parents still seeking answers” from Friday March 25, 2011, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Someone knows what happened to her. If she was running with druggies then those that ran in the same crowd know something. Druggies are braggers and had to have told someone something.