By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The (Longview) Daily News reports police arrested an 18-year-old after he allegedly claimed he “took” the long missing Kayla Croft-Payne and demanded $35,000 for her return.
[1]Kayla Croft-Payne on MySpace
News reporter Leslie Slape writes the Longview resident was arrested Sunday morning for first-degree extortion following a phone call to 911 saying he would kill Croft-Payne if the money wasn’t left in a certain place for him.
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.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has followed tips up into Pierce County, and down into Cowlitz County, saying in March [2] the last place they could verify she was seen was a trailer park in the Toutle area.
Read Slape’s news story here [3]