Kolby Story, 32, was last seen in the early morning hours of December 7, 2020, in the 12300 block of Pacific Avenue, in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles, California. A few hours earlier, on December 6, Kolby had been at Venice Beach and called a friend to help find her car keys. They located...
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Brother hoping for answers in disappearance of sister Kolby Story who went missing in early December after heading home from Venice Beach
Kolby’s older brother, Josh Story, told Dateline that Kolby had been at Venice Beach near the skate park with her boyfriend and another friend earlier in the afternoon on December 6. They were back at her place by 7 p.m. A few hours later, around 9:30 p.m., Josh said Kolby grabbed her sleeping bag, backpack and a ukulele and told her roommate that she was going back down to the beach to hang out. He added that she also spoke to their father that night and told him the same thing. About an hour later, at 10:30 p.m. Kolby called a friend to help find her car keys that she had lost on the beach.
“It didn’t take long to find the keys, maybe 20 minutes,” Josh explained to Dateline, recalling what he was told by Kolby’s friend. “But they stayed there for a while. He was trying to get her to leave… told her it wasn’t safe. It was dark and getting cold. But she told him to go home and that she would be fine.”
The two continued to text while Kolby stayed on the beach and her friend waited in his car nearby. It was about 2 a.m. that Kolby decided to leave and get into her car, which was parked near Big Daddy’s Pizza. Josh told Dateline that Kolby’s friend followed her sister part of the way until she turned off in the direction of her home.
“That’s the last time anyone saw her,” Josh said. He explained that his father pays for Kolby’s cell phone and was later able to check phone records from that night. They discovered that her friend made four unanswered calls to her between 2 a.m. and 8:45 a.m.
On December 9, Kolby’s friend and roommate reported her missing to the Los Angeles Police Department, according to LAPD officials. But Josh told Dateline that his family wasn’t notified until Kolby’s friend reached out to him through social media on December 16.
“It’s just frustrating,” he said. “My sister is missing and no one tells us.”
Kolby’s family began their own search, which included hanging fliers and talking to people in the areas of Venice Beach and Mar Vista. Josh told Dateline that her car was later found in the Marina del Rey police impound lot. It had a flat tire and had been towed from a parking lot across from the Ralphs grocery back in Marina del Rey.
“It would make sense that she got a flat and then called someone to come get her,” Josh said. “But there were no outgoing calls on her phone records - so who came to get her? And that’s where it ends. We have nothing after that. And it’s alarming. We’re just very worried about her.”
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