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Missing Katya Marie Lyne 
Katya, approximately 1998; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 30 (approximately 2011) Date reported missing : 03/21/1997 Missing location (approx) : Federal Way, Washington Missing classification : Endangered Runaway Gender : Female Ethnicity : Hispanic DOB : 11/28/1981 (39) Age at the time of disappearance: 15 years old Height / Weight : 5'3, 125 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A white t-shirt, a black and white flannel pullover shirt, blue jeans and black boots. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Katya has a mole above the right corner of her mouth, three dots tattooed on her left hand, and the letter K tattooed on her right ankle. Her right nostril is pierced and she may dye her hair another color. Her first name is pronounced "Ka-tee-ah." Katya may appear much older than her true Age at the time of disappearance: , possibly as much as seven or eight years older. She has Hispanic features, but may appear to be Asian. She is of Salvadoran descent. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Katya was living alone with her father, Pat Lyne, in Federal Way, Washington in 1997. She had a disagreement with him on March 21, 1997 over school. She was attending Auburn High School, but wasn't making good grades. Her father wanted her to transfer to Federal Way High School, and she didn't want to. Katya left their residence at approximately 9:00 p.m. Her father realized she was missing the next morning, and reported her disappearance to the police the day after that. Pat took his own life four days after his daughter's disappearance, on March 25. He had been depressed over his unemployment and his divorce. Katya has never been seen again. Authorities theorize that she may have returned home sometime after March 21 and discovered her father deceased, then fled due to the tragic scene. Katya has never been heard from again. She lived with her father at the time of her disappearance; her mother lived elsewhere in town. She and her father were apparently very close and there is no indication that she was abused by either of her parents. There is also no evidence that she was involved with gangs. Katya, who was born in El Salvador and was adopted by her American parents as an infant. She worked as a professional model prior to her 1997 disappearance. She has one older sister who was in college in 1997, and her mother was suffering from breast cancer. She had changed schools often and had many problems with her parents. There have been unconfirmed sightings of Katya in the Puyallup, Seattle and Midway areas of Washington since she went missing. She was familiar with the Seattle area and had attended modeling school there. Her case remains unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Federal Way Police Department 253-661-4600 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Operation Lookout The Seattle Post-Intelligencer NewsLibrary IBM: Missing Children Cyberpageheaders International Inc. A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. |