Bend, Ore. – The Redding Record Searchlight is reporting an arrest has been made in connection with the local homicide investigation of 23-year-old Kaylee Saywer, who went missing Sunday.
Redding.com reporting that 31-year-old Edwin Lara was taken into custody while driving on I-5 south of Corning, California.
Sawyer’s family reported her missing Sunday evening after she vanished earlier in the day near Central Oregon Community College’s Bend campus.
Dispatchers said Lara was driving a silver Honda Accord stolen for Yreka, California.
According to authorities, Lara was carrying a gun when officers stopped him.
Lara works at COCC part-time as a campus safety officer.
