On February 1, 1998, 21-year-old Jason D. Rolle and his girlfriend, Rachel Rhodes vanished after an afternoon trip to Stump Beach in Sonoma County, California. The couple had gone to explore the tide pools and were expected home that evening; when they did not return their families reported them missing the next day. Rolle’s red Mazda was found in the beach parking lot with some personal belongings inside, prompting a three-day search of the surrounding ocean that turned up no sign of either person.

Law enforcement’s prevailing theory is that the pair were swept out to sea and drowned, and families held memorial services about a month later. Rolle was a Santa Rosa Junior College student studying biology and chemistry, planning to transfer to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo the following fall to pursue medical research. He was from Petaluma and lived with his parents and older brother; he and Rhodes had been together about two years.

If anyone was at Stump Beach on February 1, 1998, or remembers seeing the couple or their red Mazda, please share what you know.