Kenneth William Miller, 73, and his longtime companion Betty Lou Japel, 69, were last known to be in Quartzsite, Arizona, while traveling in their 1976 Sportscoach motorhome. They failed to return to their home base in McMinnville, Oregon, and were reported missing in 2006. The motorhome was later found abandoned near Redmond, Oregon, and their Dodge Ram pickup was recovered in Montana. Bank activity stopped in June 2006.

In May 2007 a man named Gregory Allen Cole shot at a police officer during a traffic stop in a motorhome bearing the couple’s missing truck plates and later died by a self-inflicted gunshot. A renewed search near the Redmond area uncovered a shallow grave; dental comparison confirmed the remains were Kenneth William Miller. Betty Lou Japel has not been found and remains listed as missing; authorities believe she was also killed but no other arrests have been announced.

Are there readers who remember seeing Kenneth and Betty Lou in Quartzsite or traveling the routes between Arizona and Oregon in 2006?