Car of missing Orange County woman found in Pasadena

The car belonging to an Orange County woman who disappeared after leaving work in Orange has been discovered about 40 miles away in Pasadena, authorities said Tuesday.

Kavishka Tokevich Lebrook, 33, told her boyfriend she would return to their Rancho Santa Margarita home about noon Friday but never showed up, said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Her boyfriend, Mark Brooks, contacted the Sheriff’s Department about midday Saturday, and her black Nissan was found Sunday at an undisclosed location in Pasadena, Amormino said. The windows were down and the battery was dead; it appeared someone had turned on the lights, Amormino said.

“Bottom line is, she’s still missing," he said. "Obviously, we’re concerned for her safety.”

Brooks told authorities the disappearance was “completely out of character” for Lebrook, Amormino said.

Lebrook is 5-feet-5, weighs about 120 pounds and has blue eyes and brown hair. She also goes by the name Katherine Marie Fletcher and was last seen wearing a beige sweater, blue jeans and black shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Department at (714) 647-7048 or (714) 628-7170.

-- Amina Khan

Photo: Kavishka Tokevich Lebrook, also known as Katherine Marie Fletcher; supplied by Orange County Sheriff's Department

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Comments

[mike hayward]

If you're going to run a story like this, why would you _not_ include a photo of the missing woman? The Orange County Register certainly did. The Orange County Sheriffs Department can easily make one available to the L.A. Times.

This article needed a headshot graphic (and _not_ a KTLA video grab).

C'mon, people... get with the program.

[boochie]

She has two completely different names? Sounds like there is more to the story.

[Realist]

First person of interest: Mark Brooks, the boyfriend.

[Gilbert]

Why is she "also know as"?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, because Kavishka Tokevich Lebrook sounds just like Katherine Marie Fletcher. How many people run around using 2 completely different names? Very suspicious indeed.

[Timofeyevich Kalashnikov]

She has two completely different names? It's a common thing if you are a foreigner with a name what non Amerikan understand. Do you really think, an example all the Candy or Michael name are given names? Non of them. To make it clear, in my foreign ID I keep my real name, and in my new US ID I got a American Name. The do this to avoid all the time. "What is your first name? Can you spell it for me?" This is a normal process at the US Immigration.

[in disbelief]

Of the 5 comments on this story, one accuses the boyfriend as a "first person of interest," two cast suspicion on the missing woman because she has another name, and one enquires why is she "also known as."

This category of commentary is useless trolling, know-it-all wannabe detectives, or sniping.

The comment feature should be disabled. Its open to stupid remarks from insensitive idiots, the young woman is missing, to me that is a sad story and I feel for her relatives and loved ones.