Welcome!
Bringing awareness to the magnitude of the number of Oregon's missing, and the highlighting of individual cases is something that I am interested in helping with.
At any given time, there are around 1,000 missing people in Oregon. That number included recent cases and cold cases both. Several months ago, there were 160 unidentified people in the OSP morgue. Earlier this month, they were down to 122, and the progress in bringing closure to the families is very important.
I have been tracking Oregon's missing people since March 2017. Approximately every couple of months, I print out the Oregon State Police's missing list, divide it up by counties and then share some of that info in various places. This is intended to be a resource for law enforcement, investigators, researchers and families.
Bringing awareness to the magnitude of the number of Oregon's missing, and the highlighting of individual cases is something that I am interested in helping with.
At any given time, there are around 1,000 missing people in Oregon. That number included recent cases and cold cases both. Several months ago, there were 160 unidentified people in the OSP morgue. Earlier this month, they were down to 122, and the progress in bringing closure to the families is very important.
I have been tracking Oregon's missing people since March 2017. Approximately every couple of months, I print out the Oregon State Police's missing list, divide it up by counties and then share some of that info in various places. This is intended to be a resource for law enforcement, investigators, researchers and families.
There are many quality "missing" websites and FB pages out there, and I share their info on my newspage and blog, "In the News for La Pine and Surrounding Communities"
I have created six new FB pages where I have divided things up into certain geographical areas. I divided up the map of Oregon state into the following six areas, and then divided those areas up by counties. I am posting the missing from each county, updating the OSP data every other month. Info from NameUs, the John Doe Network and other sources are included in the comment section under each county.
Here are links to the Facebook Pages:
Central Oregon:
*https://www.facebook.com/HaveYouSeenMeCentralOregon/
*https://www.facebook.com/HaveYouSeenMeCentralOregon/
The Willamette Valley:
* https://www.facebook.com/Have-You-Seen-Me-The-Willamette-Valleys-Missing-People-2041387636188933/
* https://www.facebook.com/Have-You-Seen-Me-The-Willamette-Valleys-Missing-People-2041387636188933/
Southern Oregon:
*https://www.facebook.com/Have-You-Seen-Me-Southern-Oregons-Missing-People-161249961222839/
*https://www.facebook.com/Have-You-Seen-Me-Southern-Oregons-Missing-People-161249961222839/
The Oregon Coast:
*https://www.facebook.com/Have-You-Seen-Me-The-Oregon-Coasts-Missing-People-242864646278191/
*https://www.facebook.com/Have-You-Seen-Me-The-Oregon-Coasts-Missing-People-242864646278191/
The Greater Portland Area:
*https://www.facebook.com/Have-You-Seen-Me-The-Greater-Portland-Areas-Missing-People-854961608021376/
Eastern Oregon Counties:
*https://www.facebook.com/Have-You-Seen-Me-Eastern-Oregon-Counties-Missing-People-1963508493963859/
I also plan on eventually writing short articles, sharing links, posting flyers and stories about the people who have disappeared. It is so very hard for their families who don't know where their loved ones are. I hope that they realize that others haven't forgotten about them either.
Here is a link about the point-in-time number of missing in Oregon (516) over just the past year or so, taken on May 5, 2018:
* https://www.facebook.com/LaPineCommunityNews/posts/2047842302143503
Please share your stories and contribute to these pages. If you are sharing about a new missing loved one, please provide a photo, description, contact information, which police department that you are working with, etc.
This is a huge undertaking, and I have other obligations as well, but I will be working on getting these pages functional and completed as quickly as possible.
Thank you for stopping by, and I hope this helps somebody out.
Kathy Matthews
"In the News" News for La Pine and Surrounding Communities
"In the News" News for La Pine and Surrounding Communities
https://www.facebook.com/LaPineCommunityNews/
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| Link - Willamette Valley |
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| Link - Central Oregon |
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| Link: Southern Oregon |
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| Link Greater Portland Area |
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| Link: Oregon Coast |
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| Link: Eastern Oregon Counties |
