OR Kaylee Birt, 29, Harney County, April 4th, 2025

[azsedo]

HARNEY COUNTY(Released from Harney County Sheriff’s Office)-Kaylee Birt has been missing since Friday, April 4, 2025 and was last seen at the Fields Station in Fields Oregon. Kaylee was driving her golden color 2008 Chevy Malibu with Oregon whale license plate number GW21073.

Deputies attempted to locate her Friday working late into the night and are continuing on Saturday. Police will look in an area where her phone last pinged, however, this is not 100% accurate as it is a remote area.

According her her roommate and best friend, she was making her way from Klamath Falls, Oregon to Shenandoah, Iowa. She was last wearing a green long sleeve shirt and while sweatpants with Christmas trees on them. She has green and brown glasses and a mole on her left cheek.

If you see her or if she contacts you, please contact 911 or the Harney County Sheriff’s Office at 541-573-6156.

Update as of April 6th, 2025
Her car has been found with most of her belongings inside, location of car was not given.

 

[Gemmie]

Here's another pic of Kaylee Birt.

https://westerniowatoday.com/2025/04/05/search-underway-for-missing-woman-a-native-of-shenandoah-in-oregon/

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Her mother is posting in the comments - Harney County Sheriff FB post.

https://www.facebook.com/HarneyCoSheriff/posts/1091951329626322

April 6, 2025 7:15 PM

𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐊𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐄𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓:

Yesterday morning, we shared an urgent post about Kaylee Birt, who was last seen leaving the Fields Store in Southern Harney County on April 4, 2025. Following the initial missing persons report, efforts were made to locate her.
Searching resumed on April 5 in the area where Kaylee's phone last pinged. Despite the search efforts, deputies were unable to locate her.

This morning, search efforts continued by air, and earlier this afternoon, Kaylee's car was discovered in a remote part of Southern Harney County. Unfortunately, Kaylee was not with her car.

Search efforts are continuing, utilizing available resources which include:
‣ Harney County Search & Rescue
‣ Lake County Search & Rescue
‣ Local ranchers: 6 on horseback, 2 side-by-sides, 2 four wheelers
‣ Grant County Search & Rescue with search K9s
‣ Oregon State Police
‣ Harney County Sheriff's Office

April 5, 2025 post here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1MYiqdhePf/
Elkhorn Media Group

 

[GraceG]

There's really no direct way to get from K Falls east, you either head north quite a ways, then east or head southeast, then go east. The southern route is quicker, but it would have put here WELL south of where her car was found. I wondering if she was relying on just GPS. Most people my daughters age and younger will NOT carry maps, and shake their head at me when I do. Here's the mapquest route from K Falls to Sioux City (to get to Shenendoah, you'd just head south at Omaha once getting into Iowa).. Directions from Klamath Falls, OR to Sioux City, IA - MapQuest

She appears to be from Iowa - I found some minor traffic infractions going back to 2013 there and a 2019 civil case that was ultimatley dismissed in 2021. Her middle name is Danae. Iowa Courts Online Search

Her last address found is a residence in Klamath Falls which she lived at 2019 through the current month. https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/person/px26446l9r264uun8n6u4

Was she moving back to Iowa or just visiting family? A flight might be quicker, but airfares between Medford and Omaha are running about $600 round trip on the mainline (non budget) carriers right now, so perhaps she thought it would be cheaper to drive.

 

[sunflowermomma]

Looks so desolate where she was last seen -

Fields Station in Fields Oregon

www.google.com

I've driven across Oregon many times and there are so many spots where you are out of cell service, you just have to find a spot where your map will connect again.where

How are the roads right now? When the snow and ice are melting, sometimes rural highway roads can be obscured, turnoffs missed, lines in the road hard to see - I know they found her car but was it somewhere weird and off track?

 

[sunflowermomma]

Pointing to comments from family (confirmed by LE) on the original FB post from LE. Seems to be a bit of new/hopeful info.

https://www.facebook.com/HarneyCoSheriff/posts/1090859646402157

 

[mlhenn]

Deputies find car, but no sign of missing woman in Harney County

A search is underway for a woman reported missing in Harney County since Friday.

www.centraloregondaily.com

“It was on a remote road where the road had washed out. There aren't any current floodwaters or anything there at this time. And she was not found with her car,” Harney County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Lottie Presley said.

 

[azsedo]

There's really no direct way to get from K Falls east, you either head north quite a ways, then east or head southeast, then go east. The southern route is quicker, but it would have put here WELL south of where her car was found. I wondering if she was relying on just GPS. Most people my daughters age and younger will NOT carry maps, and shake their head at me when I do. Here's the mapquest route from K Falls to Sioux City (to get to Shenendoah, you'd just head south at Omaha once getting into Iowa).. Directions from Klamath Falls, OR to Sioux City, IA - MapQuest

She appears to be from Iowa - I found some minor traffic infractions going back to 2013 there and a 2019 civil case that was ultimatley dismissed in 2021. Her middle name is Danae. Iowa Courts Online Search

Her last address found is a residence in Klamath Falls which she lived at 2019 through the current month. https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/person/px26446l9r264uun8n6u4

Was she moving back to Iowa or just visiting family? A flight might be quicker, but airfares between Medford and Omaha are running about $600 round trip on the mainline (non budget) carriers right now, so perhaps she thought it would be cheaper to drive.

I am also confused a bit about her route. To reach Fields General Store by 8:30am, she would have to leave Klamath 4 or more hours prior. Was she taking the scenic route? Ending up at Fields General Store is about 20 minutes out of the way from the fastest route to Iowa, unless she took a wrong turn which is very possible with no gps signal/physical map. Either way there is something super off about her route compared to her destination.

 

[GraceG]

Here's an update on today's search efforts. Good news is that the lighter wind today makes the search more favorable with regards to both ground and air support. Update on missing Kaylee Birt out of Harney County - Elkhorn Media Group

 

[azsedo]

HARNEY COUNTY(Released from Harney County Sheriff’s Office)-Kaylee Birt has been missing since Friday, April 4, 2025 and was last seen at the Fields Station in Fields Oregon. Kaylee was driving her golden color 2008 Chevy Malibu with Oregon whale license plate number GW21073.

Deputies attempted to locate her Friday working late into the night and are continuing on Saturday. Police will look in an area where her phone last pinged, however, this is not 100% accurate as it is a remote area.

According her her roommate and best friend, she was making her way from Klamath Falls, Oregon to Shenandoah, Iowa. She was last wearing a green long sleeve shirt and while sweatpants with Christmas trees on them. She has green and brown glasses and a mole on her left cheek.

If you see her or if she contacts you, please contact 911 or the Harney County Sheriff’s Office at 541-573-6156.

Update as of April 6th, 2025
Her car has been found with most of her belongings inside, location of car was not given.

Kaylee’s aunt posted photos of Kaylee’s tattoos to FB

 

[mgmgb]

I am also confused a bit about her route. To reach Fields General Store by 8:30am, she would have to leave Klamath 4 or more hours prior. Was she taking the scenic route? Ending up at Fields General Store is about 20 minutes out of the way from the fastest route to Iowa, unless she took a wrong turn which is very possible with no gps signal/physical map. Either way there is something super off about her route compared to her destination.

Alvord desert is a destination and if someone is making a point to go to Fields gas station they like have/had a plan to visit Alvord and the hot springs. It could be that Alvord was something she wanted to see along the way. I agree it's a bit out of the way otherwise.

If it was simply a gas stop there are options in Denio, McDermitt, Winnemucca that would make more sense. That said, these remote gas stations sometimes don't have gas, could be she planned on filling at Denio and they were out. Fields could be the logical choice depending on your remaining gas level.

Has the exact location the car was found been reported? All I have seen is "remote part of southern Harney County" - Harney county is huge.

 

[TwinkieDefense]

April 11, 2025 article - search suspended

Search for missing woman in Harney County suspended

The Harney County Sheriff's Office has officially suspended the active search and rescue mission for Kaylee Birt as of April 10, 2025, at 5:00 PM.

katu.com

 

[GraceG]

So sad, but I can understand they probably are certain she couldn't have survived out in the elements this long. It was in the teens the night she went missing and the night after. If the car was disabled and couldn't run (unknown) she'd have no heat source but that may have been why she abandoned the vehicle. https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/fields/97710/april-weather/2187039. My thoughts go out to her family and her best friend back in Oregon.

 

[dalsglen]

Gosh look at that terrain.

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[IA3]

Post from Aunt on Facebook regarding information from Harney County;
We’ve been given this



Trout Creek access Road just passed defenbaughs on Whitehorse, then 5 miles up at wide spot.



Car was at above coordinate. Our staging area was about 1/4 mile below that. If you follow main road to the top, you will recognize cattle guard and past that falling down lean to I mentioned.



Footprints go into Canyon at 42.11914 -118.27721



Cattle guard on top. Dogs pulled that direction Sunday night.



They checked the canyon, Willow Creek Canyon, by foot, air, and horseback.



Footprints say she went south on the road towards the lean to and beyond

 

[IA3]

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Map of her stops

 

[azsedo]

Recent update - events in chronological order from April 3rd - today

 

[MelmothTheLost]

This case has been picked up by the Daily Wail.

Female road-tripper, 29, vanishes in one of America's remotest places

Kaylee Birt, 29, disappeared while on her way from Klamath Falls in Oregon to Iowa and was last seen on April 4 leaving a restaurant in Fields, Oregon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Fleur-de-lis]

This isn't shaping up to be a happy ending. Sounds as if she was struggling and frightened, not thinking straight, even with support via phone and the farmer helping her out.

 

[IA3]

I saw a post from the county that warned of wildlife in the area..I think cougars were mentioned. If that is what happened, would they or another animal consume the clothing/shoes? I’m not familiar at all in that area so I have no idea how long those articles would remain relatively intact.