On December 7, it became something else entirely. Ken Martin and his wife Barbara told family members and their Northeast Portland neighbors the family was going to spend Sunday afternoon in the ...

Ken Martin and his wife Barbara tell family members and their Northeast Portland neighbors the family was going to spend the afternoon in the Columbia River Gorge collecting Christmas greenery.

After two days of false starts and dashed hopes, divers recovered a portion of the station wagon they believe carried the Martin family of Portland on their ill-fated journey through the Columbia ...

The station wagon thought to belong to Ken and Barbara Martin was ... River community about 40 miles east of Portland. "Police have speculated that Martin's red and white station wagon might ...

The Portland family’s disappearance was major news at the time and for years baffled investigators. A year after the family ...

Archer Mayo never bought the “foul play” theories about what happened to the Martin family after they left their Northeast Portland home ... of Portlanders Ken and Barbara Martin and their ...