Crime & Courts

Lexington County Sheriff looking for missing 12-year-old girl

Payton Keith
Payton Keith

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a missing 12-year-old girl who may have run away from her house on Horace Court Wednesday evening.

Payton Keith was last seen wearing a blue hoodie with pink lettering, blue sweat pants and black Nike shoes. She was carrying a black book bag, the sheriff’s department said.

Payton is 4-foot-11 and weighs 150 pounds. Anyone with information about her whereabouts should call 803-528-5631.

This story was originally published October 21, 2021 at 6:37 AM.

Joseph Bustos
The State
Joseph Bustos is a state government and politics reporter at The State. He’s a Northwestern University graduate and previously worked in Illinois covering government and politics. He has won reporting awards in both Illinois and Missouri. He moved to South Carolina in November 2019 and won the Jim Davenport Award for Excellence in Government Reporting for his work in 2022. Support my work with a digital subscription
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