By Mindy McKerrall on Wednesday, April 9th, 2025 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
Harney County(Release from Harney County Sheriff’s Office)-6 PM Update: Today’s search concluded and will resume again tomorrow April 9, 2025.
At 2:30 PM : (As of 11 AM today)
We continue to search for Kaylee Birt, age 29, who was reported missing on April 4, 2025, as she was traveling from Klamath Falls, OR to Iowa.
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ: Search will focus on willow thickets with the search K9s and ground personnel. Report from the ground is that it’s not as windy today. We also have air support from Oregon State Police.
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ’๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ:
โฃ Harney County Search & Rescue
โฃ Lake County Search & Rescue, K9 Team
โฃ Local ranchers: Roaring Springs Crew with 2 on horseback, 1 UTV
โฃ Malheur County Search & Rescue
โฃ Oregon State Police
โฃ Harney County Sheriff’s Office
๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ:
Yesterday, search efforts continued, with air support being hampered by windy conditions.
โฃ Harney County Search & Rescue
โฃ Lake County Search & Rescue, K9 Team
โฃ Local ranchers: Roaring Springs Ranch, Whitehorse Ranch, Kenny Haigh, Brooke Hendricks for a total of 13 locals on horses and four wheeler
โฃ Washoe County Sheriff’s Office (Nevada) Search & Rescue Plane
โฃ Oregon State Police
โฃ Harney County Sheriff’s Office
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April 6, 2025 post here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15DZfxrxdx/
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ค/ ๐โ๐๐ก๐๐ : April 5, 2025 post here:
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Photo of Kaylee: Best friend and roommate to Kaylee, Lindsey Hastings.
Photo from search April, 8, 2025