Lynette Kay Propst, 60, of Lincoln City, Oregon, was last heard from on February 19, 2017, while temporarily living with her adult son and planning a move to Arizona after recently being widowed. She was reported missing on February 21, 2017, when her 2002 Nissan Pathfinder was found abandoned at Rocky Creek State Park on the coast.

Inside the vehicle was a handwritten note; one account says it asked someone to call her son, another says it claimed the car had broken down and the driver would return for it soon. Lynette is described as a Caucasian female, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 113 to 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes and a four-inch scar on her back. Searches by Lincoln County deputies, Depoe Bay firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard of the park and surrounding terrain turned up no sign of her.

The combination of recent widowhood, reported depression, the abandoned vehicle and the ambiguous note leave many unanswered questions. Anyone with information or who may have been in the Rocky Creek area around February 19–21, 2017 is asked to come forward.