In the winter of 1975 a planned move turned into a lasting mystery for the Evans family. On February 21, 15-year-old Gregory Douglas Evans and his 21-year-old brother Richard Rick Evans were in Lincoln City, Oregon, preparing to drive back to their hometown of Kennewick, Washington. The brothers never arrived and were reported missing.

A few days after they vanished, Richard’s car was found abandoned on a roadside bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean just south of Lincoln City. Oregon State Police searched the coastline but reported finding no trace of Gregory or Richard. At the time investigators said they did not suspect foul play and did not believe the men had fallen into the ocean or been trapped by the tides, so the water was not initially searched.

Both brothers were described as having brown hair and brown eyes. The brothers’ disappearance remains unsolved and the Oregon State Police still hold the case file. Did anyone in Lincoln City or along the coast in February 1975 see the Evans brothers or their car?