On April 22, 2023, 78-year-old Carroll Don Parkins of Colton, Oregon, left home to go shed hunting and drove his silver Toyota Tundra to a gate on Rooster Rock Road, which leads into private timberland near the Mt. Hood National Forest. He entered the woods and did not return; his family found his parked truck and reported him missing in the early hours of April 23.

A large, multiagency search followed. For eight days crews and volunteers combed the rugged Molalla River Recreation Area — about 47 volunteers per day totaling roughly 3,100 hours — with help from Multnomah and Washington county teams, Portland Mountain Rescue, Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue and others. The 2020 Beachie Creek Fire had opened parts of the forest, but searchers found no clues or evidence pointing to Parkins’ whereabouts. The official search was suspended on April 30, 2023, and the investigation remains open.

Parkins is described as a white male, 5 feet 7 inches, 180–195 pounds, with gray hair, brown eyes, glasses and a short gray beard. He has scars on his hip and both knees and is missing portions of the thumb, index and middle fingers on his left hand.

If anyone was in the Rooster Rock Road or Molalla River Recreation Area on April 22 and saw Parkins or his truck, please come forward with information.