Lyle Albert Walthrop, 72, left his Longview, Washington home on the morning of May 9, 1998, and did not return. He was described as a Caucasian male, 5 feet 11 inches tall, about 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. The days before his disappearance reportedly offered no clear clues about where he might have been headed.

Later that month Lyle’s car was found abandoned on a remote logging road on Weyerhaeuser property in Ryderwood. The vehicle’s location prompted searches of the surrounding woods and logging areas, but no trace of Lyle was discovered. His family has continued to seek answers and the case remains unresolved.

If anyone has information about Lyle’s movements in May 1998 or remembers seeing his car on or near logging roads around Ryderwood, please come forward.