Lester Edward Patten was 48 when he was last heard from on April 11, 1997. A family member reported him missing on May 27, 1997. He lived in Vancouver, Washington, and was described as a Caucasian male, five feet eight inches tall, about 170 pounds, with graying hair, brown eyes, glasses and a distinctive Tiger Eye ring.

At the time he disappeared he was driving a black Ford Ranger pickup. The circumstances of his departure from home in the spring of 1997 remain unclear, and the case remains open.

If anyone saw Lester, his truck, or anything unusual along routes between Vancouver and Nevada in April or May 1997, please share what is known with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.