Lachaela ”Shay” Putnick, 14 years old of Charleston, WV has been in custody of WV Child Protective Services, but was temporarily placed with a foster family in Wyoming. On August 7, 2018 she left the family while in Yellowstone National Park.
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She has not made contact with family or authorities since then. She has ties to North Charleston WV, Florida (Fort Walton), Wyoming (Yellowstone), Montana (Billings), and Colorado (Denver).
Shay has brown hair, brown eyes, is 5’4" tall and weighs approximately 130 pounds.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts or how to contact her is urged to call their local law enforcement agency, our non-emergency line of 304-357-0169, submit a tip on our website at www.kanawhasheriff.us, or email us at tips@kanawhasheriff.us.
