Kenneth M. Thies Jr., 48, was last seen on the evening of November 7, 2009, after taking his dogs for a walk in the Lee Falls area near his Cherry Grove home in western Washington County, Oregon. The next day his dogs returned home without him, and family and friends reported him missing.

Search and rescue teams, law enforcement, and volunteers conducted intensive searches in the rugged Lee Falls terrain but found no trace of Kenneth or his belongings. He was last seen wearing faded black jeans, a sweater, a gray windbreaker, and a baseball hat. The absence of clothing or personal effects left investigators with few leads and the case went cold.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office still lists the disappearance as an open missing person investigation. If anyone has information about Kenneth’s last known movements or saw him in the Lee Falls or Cherry Grove area on or around November 7, 2009, please come forward.