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Kayla Rodriguez, a 27-year-old labor and delivery nurse, has been missing since October 23, 2019. She was last seen in Novato, California, with her landlord, Justin Winfrey. The two departed from Gnoss Field airport in Novato at 6:22 p.m. in Winfrey's red and white single-engine Piper Arrow plane with the tail number N4958. Their intended destination was Mendocino County, California, but they never arrived.

Rodriguez is a Hispanic female with brown hair and brown eyes, is 5'5" tall, and ...Read More
Last Seen: Oct 23, 2019
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Victim Details

Jan 24, 2026

Jan 24, 2026

Kayla

Rodriguez

27

27

5'5 inches

205 lbs

Hispanic

Female

Rodriguez was last seen on October 23, 2019. She took off with Justin Winfrey in his plane, a red and White single-engine Piper Arrow with the tail number N4958, from Novato, California at 6:22 p.m. A photo of the plane is posted with this case summary. They were headed north, for Mendocino County, California, but never arrived. Per Verizon data usage records, Rodriguez attempted to access her phone at 9:14 and 9:15 p.m. Radar last tracked the plane five miles off the coast, between Rockport and Wheeler, California, at 9:23 p.m. Then it disappeared. A two-week search turned up no sign of Winfrey, Rodriguez or the plane. Rodriguez was a labor and delivery nurse at California Pacific Medical Center at the time of her disappearance, and Winfrey was her landlord. He is a businessman and had just gotten certified as a mortician. Both lived in San Francisco, California, and that city's police are investigating their case. They are presumed dead but their bodies have never been found.

Oct 23, 2019

Novato

California

Novato

5

San Francisco Police Departmen

415-553-1071

01/25/2026