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Partygoer: Kylr Yust said he wanted to marry Jessica Runions A week after a 21-year-old Raymore woman disappeared after leaving a party in Grandview, a woman who was at the party is speaking out about the man Jessica Runions left with. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT E PARTY THEY ALL ATTENDED. KMBC 9'S PEGGY BREIT IS LIVE WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE. PEGGY. PEGGY: 28-YEAR-OLD KYLR YUST IS HERE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT. A WEEK AGO TONIGHT, HE WAS AT PARTY WITH NOW MISSING 21-YEAR-OLD RAYMORE WOMAN JESSICA RUNIONS. TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, A WOMAN WHO WAS ALSO THERE IS TELLING US WHAT HAPPENED. >> HE WAS DRINKING STRAIGHT OUT OF A BOTTLE, GREY GOOSE, AND HE WAS CHASING IT WITH A BOTTLE OF WINE. PEGGY: THE WOMAN WE SPOKE WITH ON THE PHONE TODAY HAS RELIVED THE NIGHT. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME MEETING JESSICA RUNIONS, WHO WASN'T DRINKING. >> SHE WAS THE SWEETEST PERSON I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE. PEGGY: BUT 28-YEAR-OLD KYLR YUST, SHE SAYS, WAS TANKED. SHE SAYS HE GOT BELLIGERENT A COUPLE TIMES AND EVENTUALLY WAS TOLD TO LEAVE FOR BEING TOO LOUD. BUT BEFORE THAT, THE WOMAN TELLS US, YUST POURED HIS HEART OUT ABOUT HIS FEELINGS FOR JESSICA. >> HE WAS KIND OF SLITHERING A LITTLE BIT, BUT HE WAS TELLING ME -- OF SLURRING A LITTLE BIT, BUT HE WAS TELLING ME HOW HE WANTED TO MARRY HER AND HAVE KIDS WITH HER. PEGGY: THEN ON SATURDAY MORNING, SHE HEARD ABOUT JESSICA'S BURNED OUT SUV BEING FOUND AND JESSICA WAS MISSING. >> I DEFINITELY BELIEVE NOW HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. IF I COULD GO BACK, I WOULD HAVE, LIKE, GRABBED HER AND KEPT HER. PEGGY: THE WOMAN ALSO TELLS US