Michael Allen Jarvi, known as Mickel, was 28 when he vanished after leaving his family home in Naselle, Washington on March 22, 2002. He planned to meet a cousin in Astoria, Oregon but never arrived. He was last seen wearing a blue and black Columbian Sportswear jacket, white t-shirt, blue jeans, white athletic shoes and a wristwatch. He is described as white, 6 feet 1 inch, about 170 pounds, with sandy or dark blonde hair, hazel eyes, a cleft chin (dimple) and a smaller right earlobe.

After leaving home Michael reportedly drove to Long Beach to meet a counselor, then visited relatives in Ilwaco and Warrenton. A suspicious person complaint in Lincoln County mentioned a man and a red Ford Escort matching his vehicle trying to enter a residence. On March 23 he visited family in St. Johns, Oregon, then was reported missing that afternoon. The last confirmed sighting was in the 9000 block of North Sycamore Street in Portland. The next day his red Ford Escort was found abandoned in Sutherlin at an old RV trailer park, with some personal items nearby; most of his belongings remained at home. Numerous unconfirmed sightings followed in Roseburg, Mount Hood/Government Camp, Hermiston and Borden. His family said he had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and that leaving without warning was uncharacteristic.

Are there readers who remember seeing a red Ford Escort or a man matching Michael’s description in southwest Washington or western Oregon in March 2002?