It’s been five years since Kayla Croft-Payne disappeared, but she is still very much present in the minds of her family and their supporters.
A little more than two dozen people withstood the blustery weather on Sunday to remember Croft-Payne, who has been missing since April 28, 2010, at a vigil near Penny Playground in Chehalis.
A heavy silence hung in the air during much of the event, but several people in the group made impassioned pleas for anyone with knowledge of her disappearance to come forward.
“I find it hard to believe in five years time nobody knows anything, nobody said anything or heard anything,” said Odessa Minor, a vigil attendee and president of Search and Seek, an organization that raises awareness and attempts to locate the missing.