Petaluma woman who attended SnowGlobe at South Lake Tahoe reported missing

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 1:48pm

South Lake Tahoe Police and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office are asking help in locating a Petaluma woman who attended the SnowGlobe Music Festival and has been reported missing by family.
Alyssa Marie Byrne, 19, attended the three-day SnowGlobe event in South Lake Tahoe this past weekend. On New Year's Eve night she never made it back to her hotel room and was last seen in the Horizon Casino Hotel lobby in Stateline. Cell phone records indicate she used her phone prior to midnight, authorities said.

Alyssa is 5 foot 3inches tall, 125 pounds with black hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black snow boots, and black yoga-type pants with her hair pulled back.

Contact South Lake Tahoe Police at (530) 542-6100; Douglas County dispatch (775) 782-5126 or Douglas County Investigator Dennis Slater at (775) 586-7255 if you have any information regarding her whereabouts. Go here for a story in Lake Tahoe News and here for a story in the Argus-Courier.

Here is a news release issued at around 5:20 p.m. from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office:

On January 2, 2013 at approximately 3:00pm, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office received information of a missing 19 year old female, Alyssa Byrne. The sheriff’s office received a courtesy report from another agency. The initial report stated that Alyssa was attending the Snow Globe event in the city of South Lake Tahoe, Ca. however; she was staying in the Horizon Casino, in Stateline, NV.

The report states her cell phone was last used in the city of South Lake Tahoe prior to midnight on 12-31-12. Alyssa was reportedly last seen by friends inside the Horizon Casino at approximately 30 minutes after midnight on January 1st. Family and friends have not seen or heard from her since the early morning of 01-01-13.

Alyssa is 5 foot 3inches tall, 125 pounds with black hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black snow boots, and black yoga-type pants with her hair pulled back.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Investigators are actively working this case in conjunction with the South Lake Tahoe Police Department.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Douglas County Dispatch at 775-782-5126 or Investigator Dennis Slater at 775-586-7255.