Catherine Ann Wallace was 50 when she vanished from her Grants Pass, Oregon home in the winter of 1998. She was last seen in February in the 1300 block of SW Foundry Avenue. Several months passed before her father, who lived out of state, reported her missing after he could not reach her.

Investigators found Catherine’s purse, clothing and three decades of treasured photographs left at the home. Her husband did not report her missing; he told authorities she had simply disappeared. Investigators later found Catherine’s Social Security card in his possession and her driver’s license in his wallet with her photo cut out. A 1975 gray and maroon Dodge van registered to both of them was recovered abandoned in Redding, California; the husband said he could not afford to retrieve it and admitted it contained his belongings. Two guns normally kept in the van were missing. A pile of stained clothing and other items was found in the woods, but testing could not determine whether the stains were blood or related to Catherine.

The case has been treated as an endangered missing person matter with suspicious circumstances; the husband is a person of interest but no charges have been filed. Does anyone who knew Catherine or lived in Grants Pass in 1998 have information on her last movements or the van’s whereabouts?