DeKalb County issues missing person advisory as search for 23-year-old Maysville woman continues

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

Leah Marie Dawson/Photo courtesy of DeKalb County Sheriff’s Dept.

DeKalb County has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a 23-year-old woman missing since June 4^th.

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department says Leah Marie Dawson has been missing from 3111 NE State Rt. A in Maysville since 2am on June 4th.

Dawson is described as a while female, age 23, 5 foot 1 inch tall, weighing approximately 120 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes, and a light complexion; clothing unknown.

The sheriff’s department says Dawson was last seen with her boyfriend in the Cameron area. She has not gotten in touch with her family, which is unusual. She left all her personal belongings and pet cat at her residence in Maysville. Dawson does not have a working cell phone and no vehicle for transportation.

Anyone seeing the missing person, suspect, associate, or vehicle, or anyone having any information related to the endangered missing person should immediately dial 911 to contact the nearest law enforcement agency or call the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department at 816-449-5802.