Missing
Baylee Cheyanne Despot
Despot, approximately 2018; Sleeve tattoo on Despot's arm; Closeup of sleeve tattoo; Tattoo on Despot's finger; Micah Holsonbake; Matthew Queen; Matthew Vandecasteele
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/25/2018
Missing location (approx) :
Bakersfield, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 06/03/1997 (24)
Age at the time of disappearance: 20 years old
Height / Weight : 5'4 - 5'7, 105 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A green shirt, black leggings, possibly black or white Adidas or Converse sneakers, and possibly leather anklets and oversized sunglasses. Possibly a backpack and a crossbody purse.
Medical conditions : Despot may have been pregnant at the time of her disappearance.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes. Despot has a mole on the right side of her nose by her eye, a mole on the back of her neck at the hairline, and a large scar on her left knee. She has the following tattoos: a peace sign and an alien head on her fingers, the phrase "For those I love I will sacrifice" on the right side of her torso, stars on the right side of her torso, a black rose on the inside of her left wrist, and a sleeve with lotus flowers, an eye, a red gem and a tribal band going down her right arm. Photos of some of Despot's tattoos are posted with this case summary. She may use the last name Parrent.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Despot was last seen in Bakersfield, California on April 25, 2018. She was in the front yard at the residence she shared with her boyfriend, Matthew Queen, at the time. She has never been heard from again. Prior to her disappearance, her life had been troubled.
After her divorce in the spring of 2017, Despot began hanging out with new friends and using drugs. She was arrested that summer for drunk and disorderly conduct, but the charge was dismissed. In August 2017, she was drugged and Gender : ually assaulted at an apartment complex, and in December, she was arrested on felony weapons charges. She pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges and was sentenced to three years' probation. Afterwards, she moved in with Queen. She disappeared months later.
In late March 2018, one of Despot's acquaintances, Micah Blaine Holsonbake, disappeared from Bakersfield. On April 8, another Bakersfield resident, James Kulstad, was shot to death in his mother's car. Despot went missing two weeks after Kulstad's murder. In December 2018, one of Holsonbake's arms was found in a duffel bag at Hart Park in the Kern River. The rest of his body has never been located.
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