Back on Dec. 7, 1958, Kenneth and Barbara Martin took their three daughters, ages 11, 13, and 14, to go look for Christmas wreath greenery in the Columbia River Gorge. They never returned home.

An underwater photo from the Columbia River in 2024 is believed to show a car belonging to the Martin family who disappeared in 1958. ... Uncredited/Ken Martin family, via Associated Press.

The Martin family disappeared in December 1958, after telling friends and family they were looking for Christmas greenery in the Columbia River Gorge. An undated provided photo shows the tailgate ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Investigators have decided to halt further efforts to recover a vehicle submerged in the Columbia River near Cascade Locks, believed to belong to a Portland family who went ...

The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office has seized a station wagon believed to be connected to the Martin Family, who disappeared in 1958, and will now undergo a thorough investigation with as… ...

Ken Martin, his wife Barbara and three young girls, Barbara, Virginia and Susan went to the Columbia River Gorge on December 7, 1958. They were never seen again.

The Martin family had told neighbors they planned to visit the Columbia River Gorge to collect greenery to make Christmas wreaths but never returned home. Months later, the bodies of Virginia and ...

A year later, two of the girls were found in the Columbia River, dead from drowning, near Bonneville Dam. The rest of the family — and the car — remained missing. Until, perhaps, now.

They never returned. Officials narrowed their search for the family after learning that Ken Martin had used a credit card to buy gas at a station near Cascade Locks, a small Columbia River ...

The Hood River County Sheriff's Office believes they've found a vehicle connected to the 1958 case of the Martin Family. ... Virginia, 13, and Susan, 11, were discovered in the Columbia River ...

Back on Dec. 7, 1958, Kenneth and Barbara Martin took their three daughters, ages 11, 13, and 14, to go look for Christmas wreath greenery in the Columbia River Gorge. They never returned home.