LAKE COUNTY — Kelseyville 14-year-old Courtney Lynn Crusse”s family is doing the unthinkable ? posting fliers with her picture, a description of her clothing and the man with whom she was last seen.
Crusse”s mother, Robyn Campbell, said she and her grandmother, Peggy Goldner, who is Crusse”s legal guardian, reported Crusse missing earlier this week. They told the Lake County Sheriff”s Office (LCSO) Crusse had run away with a Hispanic male in his 20s who is identified only as “Enrique,” or “Ricky.”
“She left goodbye notes saying, ?everyone will be better off without me,”” Campbell said.
Crusse is described as 5-feet, 5-inches tall, weighing 220 pounds, having blond hair that is dyed black, hazel eyes and a scar on her left shoulder.
According to a flier Campbell is circulating, Crusse was last seen on Monday at Goldner”s house at approximately 10 p.m. She was wearing blue jeans and a brown, hooded, zip-up sweatshirt jacket with black writing. Goldner realized Crusse was missing the following morning when she tried to wake her for school and found her bed stuffed, according to Campbell.
Campbell said she”d heard from one of Crusse”s friends that she planned to go to Florida with the Hispanic male. Campbell said the two may be traveling in a white Nissan Sentra with Washington license plates.
Captain Jim Bauman of the LCSO confirmed that Campbell and Goldner, reported on Tuesday that Crusse had run away. He said the Polly Klaas Foundation and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children have been notified of the case.
“Crusse left notes with her grandmother and with a friend, both of which clearly indicated her intent to leave on her own initiative, and we have no reason to believe foul play is a factor,” Bauman said.
According to a flier generated by the Polly Klaas Foundation, Crusse may still be in Lake County.
Anyone with information about Crusse”s whereabouts is urged to call the LCSO non-emergency line, 263-2690.
Contact Tiffany Revelle at trevelle@record-bee.com, or call her directly at 263-5636 ext. 37.
