The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office has identified remains from a car found in the Columbia River as those of Kenneth and Barbara Martin and their oldest daughter, also named Barbara, the Hood ...

The car finally had been discovered and pulled out of the Columbia River, nearly 70 years after Portland’s Martin family had mysteriously disappeared. Investigators examined the car. DNA analysis was ...

Editor’s Note: KOIN 6 News anchorman Jeff Gianola will retire around Thanksgiving 2025 after more than 40 years as a Portland journalist. In this series, Jeff looks back at some of the most memorable ...

Detectives finally discovered the fate of the remaining family members who vanished in their car almost 70 years ago on their way to find Christmas decorations in Oregon. The Hood River County Sheriff ...

CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. — The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office has identified the remains of three members of the Martin family who were missing from Portland for nearly 70 years. The mystery ...

CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (AP) — DNA analysis has identified the remains found in a car in the Columbia River as those of an Oregon family that went missing in 1958 while on a trip to find Christmas ...