Missing
Kayla Rodriguez
Rodriguez, approximately 2019; The plane
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/23/2019
Missing location (approx) :
Novato, California
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Hispanic
DOB : 01/20/1992 (29)
Age at the time of disappearance: 27 years old
Height / Weight : 5'5, 205 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : An orange or coral sweater and black leggings. Carrying a white purse.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Rodriguez's ears are pierced. She has an indentation-type scar on her forehead.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Rodriguez was last seen on October 23, 2019. She took off with Justin Winfrey in his plane, a red and white single-engine Piper Arrow with the tail number N4958, from Novato, California at 6:22 p.m. A photo of the plane is posted with this case summary. They were headed north, for Mendocino County, California, but never arrived.
Per Verizon data usAge at the time of disappearance: records, Rodriguez attempted to access her phone at 9:14 and 9:15 p.m. Radar last tracked the plane five miles off the coast, between Rockport and Wheeler, California, at 9:23 p.m. Then it disappeared. A two-week search turned up no sign of Winfrey, Rodriguez or the plane.
Rodriguez was a labor and delivery nurse at California Pacific Medical Center at the time of her disappearance, and Winfrey was her landlord. He is a businessman and had just gotten certified as a mortician. Both lived in San Francisco, California, and that city's police are investigating their case. They are presumed dead but their bodies have never been found.
Other information and links : ncy
San Francisco Police Department
415-553-1071
September 2021 updates and sources
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
