Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: July 22, 2004

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Police search for missing woman

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Shreveport detectives are hoping someone knows the whereabouts of a 25-year-old woman who has been missing since Thursday, June 17.

Lataeshia Austin suffers from medical maladies and requires medication.

She was officially listed as a missing person on June 17^th, but was spotted by a relative at Kelly’s Truck Stop on June 26^th. She may have left that location with a man in an 18-wheeler. No description of the man is available at this time.

Austin lives in the 2900 block of Hattie Street. She is black female with a small build, 5'3", 95 lbs. She has brown eyes and black hair.

If anyone has information on this woman’s whereabouts, call Detective Patricia Lamotte at 673-7020 or, if after hours, Police Communications at 673-7300.

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