Gary Dale Finck was 53 when he walked away from his family’s cabin near Estacada, Oregon, on January 29, 2004, and never returned. He had moved there in late December 2003 after his mother died; before that he lived in the Washington Square area of Tigard and followed a steady routine that included a sheltered workshop in Hillsboro and visits to The Arc to get spending money.

Gary lives with developmental disabilities, including autism and epilepsy, and took medication to control seizures. At the time he disappeared he was reportedly wearing a yellow coat and possibly a baseball cap, was unshaven, had brown hair and blue eyes, and spoke with loud, sometimes garbled speech. Two witnesses in February 2004 said they saw him in the local area and that he appeared to be in good health, but he never returned to his familiar places or contacted family.

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office investigated and the case has since gone cold. Does anyone who knew Gary, saw him around Estacada in early 2004, or has information about his movements that month want to come forward?