Candlelight Vigil Held For Wanette Woman Found Dead In Pottawatomie County

The Lexington community came together on Saturday night to hold a candlelight vigil for a Wanette woman found murdered in rural Pottawatomie County.

A graduate of Lexington High School, Makayla Meave Byers was reported missing on Sept. 16

Her husband told investigators she went on a date and never returned.

According to the sheriff's office, her body was found along Hamilton Road off Oklahoma Highway 59A.

Pottawatomie County Undersheriff Travis Dinwiddie says the location of the body and the fact it was wrapped in carpet, points to foul play.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, Meave-Byers was last seen on Friday, September 15 at her home in Macomb.

No arrests have been made.