Jared M. Gigena was 20 when he vanished from Rainier, Washington. He was last seen on September 5, 2002, walking up a driveway. At that time he was described as a White male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, about 145 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and a scar on his upper lip.

A Thurston County Sheriff’s Office bulletin notes Jared faced pending criminal charges when he disappeared and had been struggling with depression, including prior suicide attempts. Those details leave open the possibility he was in a vulnerable state, but the exact circumstances of that day are not publicly known and the case has gone cold.

His disappearance is one of more than 30 unsolved missing or murdered person cases in Thurston County; a cold case and missing persons unit formed in June 2024 may bring new attention. If anyone has information about Jared Gigena’s whereabouts, contact the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.