Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Arseli Read Found Safe
South Carolina Crime Stoppers had asked for help locating a woman who disappeared after checking out of a hotel in Kershaw.
Arseli Read was supposed to arrive in Austrailia on Feb. 20, but after checking out of a Lugoff hotel on Jan. 21 she disappeared, according to a South Carolina Crime Stoppers press release.
A short time after the press release was sent Thursday, she was located in the Phillipines, however.Â
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Read checked into the Ramada Limited located at 542 Hwy 601 S. in Lugoff, SC on Jan. 20 and left the following day. She was supposed to meet a friend named Vick, according to the release. Read planned to travel to Austrailia, but did not show up on her sceduled arrival date.
Read is described as a female, age 46, 5-feet tall, black hair, brown eyes, weighing 145 pounds.
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South Carolina Crime Stoppers is asking anyone with knowledge of Read's whereabouts to call 1-888-CRIME-SC or text "TIPSC" to 274637. A reward of as much as $1,000 is available through South Carolina Crime Stoppers for information leading to an arrest for any crime committed in the state
Updated 9 p.m. Feb. 28.Â
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