Ethel Lane, 86, and her daughter Joyce Hess, 54, were last seen on October 18, 1974, at their home on West Gazley Road in Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Both women vanished suddenly; neither has been found and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office continues to list them as missing. Authorities now believe both were victims of a homicide, but no bodies or definitive evidence have been recovered and the precise circumstances remain unknown.

Days after the women were last seen, Ethel’s brother and Joyce’s uncle, 75-year-old Johnson Ramsower (also reported as John Ramsower), was found dead in his home from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. It is unclear whether investigators consider his death connected to the disappearances.

What new leads or memories from Myrtle Creek in October 1974 might help bring clarity to this long unsolved case?