KATU News spoke with the woman's grandmother, who believes she was taken against her will. Those charges have since been dropped, and police are now calling her a victim. who was initially arrested on the same charges. Lara was with a 19-year-old woman from Salem, Ore. He was arrested for attempted murder, kidnapping, carjacking burglary and other charges. Police from the nearby town of Corning joined in before Lara pulled over. When it didn't comply, she gave chase, the highway patrol said in a statement.
Shortly after, police were able to track down Lara using three cell phone pings.Ī highway patrol officer in Red Bluff, 100 miles south of Weed, saw a car speeding at about 100 mph on I-5 and tried to pull it over. The mother and two sons were later dropped off at a rest stop along I-5 about 30 miles south of Yreka, near the town of Weed.
He said Lara allegedly forced, at gunpoint, one of the man's sons to drive. "The man had come out of the gas station to see his dog running around and his car gone," Yreka Police Chief Brian Bowles told The Associated Press. About 5 minutes later, police were called to a gas station in Yreka for a carjacking.Ī man told police two suspects, one of whom has been identified as Lara, carjacked his car while three of his family members were still inside. where they found a man critically injured after he was shot in the stomach. Police were called to a Super 8 motel in Yreka, Calif. Lara was arrested in California Tuesday morning following a crime spree along I-5. “What is clear now beyond a reasonable doubt was that Kaylee was too young to die, that she was beloved by her family and friends and she will be missed,” said Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel, who formally filed the charge of murder against Lara. READ MORE: Police say Grants Pass man sexually abused 10 young girls over 20-year span Officials declined to reveal where they found the body. "We have reason to believe that in fact that it is her that we've recovered.”īut authorities said they would not be able to positively identify the woman until after the medical examiner's work is complete. “Presently we are processing a scene in Deschutes County with what we believe contains Kaylee's body," said Bend Police Chief Jim Porter. Lara struck and killed Sawyer early Sunday morning while he was patrolling the COCC campus, according to documents obtained by KATU News.
Lara was quickly named a person of interest in the case and now has been charged with murder.ĭuring a Tuesday afternoon news conference, authorities said they were processing a scene where a woman's body matching Sawyer's description had been found. Shortly after Sawyer's disappearance was made public, a recently-hired Bend Police officer reported that her husband, Edwin Lara, may be involved. READ MORE: Suspect in Bend woman's killing hit her with car, disposed of body Miranda said his great niece was in her car in the Ross Dress for Less parking lot when Lara “jumped in with a gun and abducted her.Kaylee Sawyer was last seen during the early morning hours of Sunday, July 24 near Central Oregon Community College in Bend where she lived. Maes’ family became concerned when she didn’t come home from work Monday night. “It’s terrible, it’s been all day… Her mom, her grandmother, everyone was going crazy just wondering how she’s doing.” “It was a crazy situation,” Miranda said. Her great uncle, Jerry Miranda, said her family was in absolute shock. But police in Yreka, California said they dropped all charges against her after determining she was a victim in the case.ĭocuments: Edwin Lara hit Kaylee Sawyer with car, dumped body before fleeing to California Maes, a 2015 graduate of West Salem High School, was initially charged with a number of crimes including attempted murder and kidnapping. (KOIN) - The family of a Salem woman caught up in a crime spree involving a Bend murder suspect told KOIN 6 News she was kidnapped.Īundreah Maes, 19, was released from jail hours after she was arrested with Edwin Lara, the primary suspect in the disappearance and murder of Kaylee Sawyer.
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