{"id":77015,"date":"2026-01-03T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77015\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:43:16","slug":"human-trafficking-survivor-reported-missing-after-leaving-pennsylvania-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77015\/","title":{"rendered":"Human trafficking survivor reported missing after leaving Pennsylvania hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) \u2014 Investigators are hoping the public can help in a search for a woman who was able to escape her traffickers but has left her Pennsylvania residence and has not been in contact with her family for more than a year.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania State Police \u2013 Bureau of Criminal Investigation is looking to find Lauren Steele, who was living in a Carlisle hotel in August 2024, and has not contacted her family since, investigators said Friday<\/a>. She was 36 years old when she was reported missing.<\/p>\n

Steele is originally from New York, but previously lived in Virginia before moving to Pennsylvania. State Police said it is possible she could have traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public\u2019s help in finding Lauren Steele. Photo from PSP.<\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public\u2019s help in finding Lauren Steele. Photo from PSP.<\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public\u2019s help in finding Lauren Steele. Photo from PSP.<\/p>\n

Steele is reportedly a survivor of human trafficking and left where she was living in Carlisle to head to Las Vegas for a program that would help give her rehabilitation care for what she went through, according to a report in June 2025 from Newsnation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The report says Steele was supposed to fly to Las Vegas from the Keystone State to get help, but her flight was delayed and she was put in a hotel. That was the last time her family heard from her.<\/p>\n

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The family told Newsnation that after she got to the hotel, she contacted them, saying there was a man outside who was going to help her get on a plane. Since that, her family said they haven\u2019t heard from her.<\/p>\n

Investigators described Steele to be 5\u20194\u201d, weigh 115 pounds, and have green eyes with strawberry blonde hair.<\/p>\n

There is a $5,000 reward that is offered for information that helps solve the case, investigators said.<\/p>\n

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