BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One week after a younger lady goes lacking, her family members rejoice her life outdoors the bar the place she was final seen alive.
Sofia Muzzatti described her longtime good friend, Savannah Payne. “She was the most effective, so welcoming she appeared to gentle up your world the second she stepped into it,” she stated.
Payne went out for drinks to rejoice her birthday Monday night time, March 22. She was final seen at Southern Provisions and close to Canton Sq. round 1:30 Tuesday morning, March 23.
After buddies reported Savannah lacking the next day Baltimore Police started to research what may have occurred to the younger lady.
Divers ultimately recovered Payne’s physique within the water close to Canton Thursday afternoon.
The neighborhood was wrapped up within the disappearance with many actively engaged on social media. Monday, one week after Savannah walked into Southern Provisions, her good friend gathered there to recollect her.
“Her smile, her snort, each single time WAP by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion comes on, I’ll consider how Savannah would immediately break into dance,” Muzzatti stated.
One other good friend, Kerri Waters, stated she was near Savannah as nicely and the 2 had deliberate to ultimately dwell collectively.

A memorial in honor of the lifetime of Tara Savannah Payne in Canton. (Picture Credit score: Sonia Dasgupta).
“She all the time talked about getting a home collectively on the seashore, she all the time needed that,” Waters stated.
Baltimore Police are actually calling the loss of life ‘accidental,’ saying there is no threat to the public.
Savannah’s father, Jim Payne, stated there are too many different items of knowledge he must look into earlier than he lets the case be closed. “Plenty of unanswered questions with timelines, with how her belongings had been discovered, the place she ended up, how she ended up there,” he stated.
A vigil was held in Ocean Metropolis over the weekend, at Southern Provisions Monday night and one other is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday in Annapolis outdoors McGarvey’s the place Savannah was a bartender.
“I feel it needs to be extra a celebration of life, over mourning her loss as a result of she’s nonetheless alive in our hearts and our reminiscences on a regular basis,” Muzzatti stated.
WJZ’s Rachel Cardin shared extra messages from Savannah’s buddies over the weekend:
To the gorgeous woman who cherished everybody & was simple for everybody to like back-I’ll miss u all the time and always remember all of our reminiscences. You and your loved ones will all the time be in my ❤️Thanks for the whole lot u did for me via years. You might be actually distinctive & I’ll all the time miss u.
-Em pic.twitter.com/R4eoF08gV9— Rachael Cardin (@RachaelCardin) March 27, 2021
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“Do me a favor; take your Kia Soul, get within the drivers seat, placed on Shania Twain, & drive alongside the seashore & hearken to the waves crashing.
In the future I’ll see you once more, till then watch over us. All people misses you down right here. Be good up there. I like you to the 🌘”~Aleksandra pic.twitter.com/AkYo9NzNU2— Rachael Cardin (@RachaelCardin) March 27, 2021
“I’ve by no means had a good friend like Savannah, she was wonderful. She was actually a lovely individual in and out. She all the time put different individuals earlier than herself. I’m past grateful to have had the friendship together with her that I had. I’ll miss her perpetually.”
-Corissa pic.twitter.com/xO31EZ4FOM— Rachael Cardin (@RachaelCardin) March 27, 2021
to Harry Potter marathons, consuming massive breakfasts her mother made after an evening of laughing in her room, each reminiscence I’ve together with her was so extremely enjoyable and absolute blessing to have. It’s a true honor to have been aside of her life and I’ll carry her with me perpetually”~Mackenzie pic.twitter.com/7HrlllV0ZG
— Rachael Cardin (@RachaelCardin) March 27, 2021
“Ive by no means met a extra real individual than Savannah. She had a wag of constructing everybody really feel snug. I may all the time go to her with something and he or she’d be proper there it doesn’t matter what doing no matter she may. From Taylor Swift live shows… pic.twitter.com/6XHtFfNf5O
— Rachael Cardin (@RachaelCardin) March 27, 2021
Having a good friend like Savannah is uncommon and I’m glad I discovered her. She has been the closest factor I’ve ever needed to a sister and I’ll miss her past phrases can describe. She was probably the most selfless individual and having her in my life has been a blessing
-Casey pic.twitter.com/xNsMzPyyiQ— Rachael Cardin (@RachaelCardin) March 27, 2021
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