9/16/2021- 2:41 p.m.
Virginia – On Sunday, September 12, 2021, the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office received notification that authorities in Pennsylvania who were assisting the Sheriff’s Office in attempting to locate Travis Ryan Brown and Candi Joe Royer tracked the pair to the Borough of South Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
South Greensburg is located in western Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Members of the Pennsylvania State Police, and the United States Marshall’s Service contacted and arrested Travis Brown and Candi Royer at the Knights Inn , which is located at 1215 South Main Street in South Greensburg.
The arrests occurred without incident.
Yesterday afternoon, in a cooperative investigative effort, Investigators from the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office and the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Appomattox Field office traveled to Pennsylvania to contact and interview Brown and Royer.
Both Royer and Brown are currently being held in the Westmoreland County Prison, pending court hearings for their extradition back to Virginia to face numerous charges.
Our investigation into the disappearance of three-year-old Khaleesi Cuthriell is active, and continues. While we are pleased that Mr. Brown and Ms. Royer are in custody, the men and women of the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office will not rest until we discover the whereabouts of 3-year-old Khaleesi.
The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the following agencies for their assistance on this case:
Virginia State Police BCI Appomattox Division
Pennsylvania State Police
United States Marshall’s Service
Please note new additional charges on both Royer and Brown obtained by investigators from the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office on September 10, 2021. Each is now charged with a single felony count of § 18.2-371.1. Abuse and neglect of children.
The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is still requesting the public’s assistance in obtaining any information available on the whereabouts of Khaleesi Cuthriell. Citizens can contact the Sheriff’s Office at (540) 245-5333
