On January 14, 2020, 38-year-old Matthew Warren Dean of Neah Bay, an enrolled member of the Makah Indian Tribe, set out to drive to Port Angeles in a family member’s white 2007 Toyota Camry during a heavy snowstorm on the Olympic Peninsula. Family last heard from him that morning; he never arrived.

That same day the Camry was found abandoned in a ditch along Highway 112 near milepost 26, about ten miles southeast of Clallam Bay. A passerby reported a single set of footprints leading west from the vehicle toward Neah Bay. Deputies found no sign of Matthew. His family reported him missing the following evening.

Searches continued despite severe weather. One multi-county effort used about 15 search-and-rescue personnel, four scent-dog teams and a drone to comb the area, but no additional evidence turned up. The footprints from the car are the last known trace.

Did anyone in the Neah Bay or Clallam Bay area see Matthew or the Camry on January 14, 2020?