Name: Laynee Danielle Westbrook
Age: 41 years old
Last seen: September 10, 2020
Location: Anacortes, Washington
Status: Still Missing
Case Information
41-year-old Laynee Danielle Westbrook was last seen in Anacortes, Washington on September 10, 2020. She disappeared after leaving her hotel room to spend the night with a friend.
Background
Laynee Westbrook was born on January 31, 1979. She attended Anacortes High School and Euro Institute of Skin Care Esthetics School.
In July 2020, Westbrook started staying at San Juan Motel, a hotel on Sixth Street in Anacortes, Washington.
At the time of her disappearance, Westbrook was living with her boyfriend and her dog, a rat terrier with a stub tail named Precious, at the San Juan Motel. She worked at a local Safeway.
Disappearance
On September 10, 2020, Laynee Westbrook was last seen in Anacortes, Washington.
At 7:11 pm, Westbrook was captured on surveillance video leaving the San Juan Motel with her dog and getting into a white single-cab Dodge Ram pickup truck with a man she knew.
Around 7:30 pm, Westbrook was last seen with the same man buying some groceries at the Chevron gas station on Casino Drive next to Swinomish Lodge & Casino.
Laynee Westbrook never returned to her hotel room that night and hasn’t been heard from since. Her dog is also missing.
On September 13, 2020, her mother filed a missing person’s report with the Anacortes Police Department after the hotel staff contacted her, saying no one had seen Laynee for several days.
Investigation
When questioned by authorities the man Laynee was last seen with verified that he did pick her and her dog up at the San Juan motel that evening. He says they then drove to the nearby Thousand Trails campground where he had been staying to enjoy dinner together.
On the night Laynee disappeared a park ranger was called by residents of that campground to report two people arguing about a missing dog.
The man claims he dropped Laynee off at Causland Memorial Park around 3:00 am, about two blocks away from the San Juan Motel, so she could walk her dog on the way back home.
Laynee’s phone records, bank account, and social media have had no activity since she disappeared.
Whereabouts
Police found no evidence of foul play in Laynee Westbrook’s disappearance. A $10,000 reward is being offered by Laynee’s family for information leading to her discovery.
The circumstances of Laynee Westbrook’s disappearance remain unclear and her case is currently classified as missing. Her case remains unsolved.
Appearance
Physical Description:
White female with brown hair and green eyes. Laynee is 5’8 – 5’9 tall and weighs 120 – 140 pounds.
Distinctive Physical Features:
No information available.
Clothing and accessories:
Laynee was last seen wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and white sandals.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Laynee Danielle Westbrook please contact the Anacortes Police Department at (360) 293-4684.
Resources & Further Information
Laynee Danielle Westbrook #MP74105 – National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Laynee Westbrook – Facebook
Justice for Laynee – Facebook
News & Media Links
Family, friends join search for missing Anacortes woman – Go Anarcortes 09/2020
Family, friends plead for answers in disappearance of Laynee Westbrook missing from Anacortes, Washington since September – NBC News 01/2021
Investigation into disappearance of Anacortes woman and her dog still very active, says police chief – FOX13 Seattle 03/2021
Videos & Flyers
Did her friend know that she was going to visit her , if so did the friend not become worried when she did not arrive ? .
Did she not phone the man for a lift to her friend , and did he know the friend as well ? .
Why did the boyfriend not take her , did he not become worried when no contact was made , did they have an argument ? .
If she was going to stay the night with her friend , she would not have gone back the same night , did she and her friend have an argument? .
Did they find the dog , or was the ” lost dog ” totally unrelated ? .
Who allows someone to walk on their own at that time of the morning , on their own ? .
Did anybody not notice anything untoward in the Chevron Store when they were buying items , were the cameras checked , was the dog with them at the time in the store ? .
Was it discovered what she had bought with her cards , before they were no longer used as stated , and where ? .
How far did her friend stay from either the store or motel , would she have needed a lift back to the motel , or get her boyfriend to fetch her ? .
Strange case indeed .