The James "Jake" Dutton Case

12/05/23 • 7 min

Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project

James "Jake" Dutton, 5'10" tall, 180lb, 31 year old former Coast Guardsman parked his 1998 Nissan pickup truck near the Cougar Reservoir on June 15th, 2012 and headed up the French Pete Trail towards the Three Sisters Wilderness in the Oregon Cascade Mountain Range.
Jake was never seen or heard from again.
There is unfortunately no clothing description for Jake and his Missing Persons case has been removed from nearly every database in the area due to Law Enforcement rushing to conclusions about a body that was recovered in the area a few years after Jake's disappearance.
While some news reports will state that Jake's body was recovered, the State Medical Examiner for Oregon at the time, realized six months after the body was recovered that it was not that of Jake Dutton.
What happened to Jake?
Sources:
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2013/06/lost_in_oregon_hiker_who_vanis.html

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The Carroll "Don" Parkins Case (Oregon 2023)

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Carroll "Don" Parkins, 78 years old at time of his disappearance, took off into the wilderness to "shed hunt" on April 22nd, 2023 and was never seen again. Don, as his friends called him, was an avid-outdoorsman, proficient hunter, and knew the area he was venturing into pretty well.
Don parked his vehicle at a private property land entered private timber land property off of Rooster Rock Road, directly south of the Table Rock Wilderness and just prior to the Rooster Rock Trailhead.
Don was last seen possibly wearing; "brown boots, blue jeans, a black-and-white plaid hickory shirt, a brown flannel over-shirt, suspenders, a black baseball cap with orange on the bill or similar outdoor clothing." (According to local news articles)
Investigating Agency:
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
Case ID:
23-008383
Source Links:
Sheriff's Office Link:
https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/2023-04-26-CCSONR-ParkinsSearch.html
News Media Links:
https://www.kptv.com/2023/04/26/search-and-rescue-looking-missing-78-year-old-man-molalla-forest/
https://www.kptv.com/2023/05/03/search-missing-78-year-old-colton-man-suspended/

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Missing Person Behavior: Lost Hikers and Lost Hunters

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In this week's episode, Tanner takes listeners on a journey into understanding how lost hikers and lost hunters behave in mountainous conditions, according to Search and Rescue training and statistics from the last 50 years.
Follow along as Tanner discusses how someone can become turned around in the wilderness without meaning to and at times, without knowing they've become lost until its much too late to change course effectively.
This is the final episode of 2023, our next podcast episode will air on January 4th, 2024 where we will discuss the Behavior of Children who become lost in the wilderness.
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