{"id":76107,"date":"2026-04-18T02:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/remains-found-in-car-submerged-in-oregon-river-identified-as-family-who-mysteriously-vanished-in-1958\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T02:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:40:24","slug":"remains-found-in-car-submerged-in-oregon-river-identified-as-family-who-mysteriously-vanished-in-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/remains-found-in-car-submerged-in-oregon-river-identified-as-family-who-mysteriously-vanished-in-1958\/","title":{"rendered":"Remains found in car submerged in Oregon river identified as family who mysteriously vanished in 1958"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>DNA analysis has identified the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/car-oregon-river-martin-family-vanished-1958\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">remains found in a car<\/a><\/span> in the Columbia River as those of an Oregon family that went missing in 1958 while on a trip to find Christmas greenery, authorities said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The state medical examiner&#8217;s office has identified parents Kenneth and Barbara Martin and their daughter Barbie from remains located in the river within the wreckage of the car, the Hood River County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hrcso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. The sheriff&#8217;s office said it concluded its investigation and found no evidence of a crime.<\/p>\n<p>The Ford station wagon thought to belong to the family was found in 2024 by Archer Mayo, a diver who had been looking for it for several years. Authorities pulled part of the car from the river the following year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/17\/d0ed0fec-390c-4ecf-9da1-cb840f44cc47\/thumbnail\/620x430\/1b3ae6aa6b748b23f20834936264bd58\/ap26106730215168.jpg#\" alt=\"Missing Family Car Found \" height=\"430\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/17\/d0ed0fec-390c-4ecf-9da1-cb840f44cc47\/thumbnail\/620x430\/1b3ae6aa6b748b23f20834936264bd58\/ap26106730215168.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/17\/d0ed0fec-390c-4ecf-9da1-cb840f44cc47\/thumbnail\/1240x860\/02eeedd4af6a956571fc8975d7ae119e\/ap26106730215168.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">he Hood River County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and a team of divers retrieve a vehicle from the Columbia River, March 7, 2025, in Cascade Locks, Ore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Beth Nakamura\/The Oregonian via AP, File<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The family vanished in December of 1958. The bodies of two of the family&#8217;s children were found months after the disappearance, but the other members never turned up.<\/p>\n<p>The search for the Martin family was a national news story at the time and led some to speculate about the possibility of foul play, with a $1,000 reward offered for information.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where do you search if you&#8217;ve already searched every place logic and fragmentary clues would suggest?&#8221; an Associated Press article asked in 1959, months after the disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>Only the frame and some attached components were retrieved from the water because of the &#8220;extent to which the vehicle had been encased in sediment,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said. Analysis of those items allowed investigators to conclude that it was indeed the Martin family&#8217;s car.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/17\/d02653e8-48f4-4128-85a2-700bc8cb593c\/thumbnail\/620x411\/7ff16c0d3bb7ad25d3ba13a8b844dcb1\/ap26106771496985.jpg#\" alt=\"Missing Family Car Found \" height=\"411\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/17\/d02653e8-48f4-4128-85a2-700bc8cb593c\/thumbnail\/620x411\/7ff16c0d3bb7ad25d3ba13a8b844dcb1\/ap26106771496985.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/17\/d02653e8-48f4-4128-85a2-700bc8cb593c\/thumbnail\/1240x822\/cb840578aeafb2283af0adaf9a1c660a\/ap26106771496985.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This Christmas photo provided by the Ken Martin family shows, from left, Barbara, Ken, Barbara, Sue, Donald and Virginia in December 1952 in Portland, Ore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later in 2025, Mayo located human remains that were ultimately turned over to the state medical examiner&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists developed DNA extracts from the remains and generated a profile that was compared with relatives of the Martin family, allowing for the identifications, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Othram, a DNA lab in Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/dnasolves.com\/articles\/hood-river-oregon-1958-martin-family-mystery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did forensic analysis on the remains<\/a>, which ultimately led to the positive identification.<\/p>\n<p>Othram&#8217;s Colby Lasyone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/oregon\/martin-family-mystery-remains-cascade-locks-positive-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told CBS affiliate KOIN-TV<\/a> that more than a dozen experts worked on the case, noting they extracted a bone sample and used advanced techniques to isolate and analyze the DNA. DNA comparisons with a living relative positively identified Kenneth Martin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Skeletal remains that have been submerged in water for decades can be particularly challenging to work with,&#8221; Lasyone said. &#8220;Unfortunately, the skeletal remains for the other individuals were too degraded and couldn&#8217;t be worked with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mayo also found remnants of a shoe and a camera case with Kenneth&#8217;s name and address, seat belt buckles and camera film, KOIN-TV reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe there&#8217;ll be pictures published one day of what that is, because that&#8217;s a pretty cool piece to a mystery,&#8221; he told the the station.<\/p>\n<p>Mayo told KOIN-TV he was gratified the case was finally solved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not going to get more resolved than it is now and so that feels good,&#8221; he told the station. &#8220;And that really lets us write the last chapter of that book.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/martinfamily\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOIN-TV did a four-part podcast on the case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/06\/8f0c643a-e6b9-492d-9039-898f94df0e36\/thumbnail\/620x342\/eca4c7df4f79f735d1a58779a32a7db9\/ap25065641733965.jpg#\" alt=\"Missing Family-Car Found \" height=\"342\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/06\/8f0c643a-e6b9-492d-9039-898f94df0e36\/thumbnail\/620x342\/eca4c7df4f79f735d1a58779a32a7db9\/ap25065641733965.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/06\/8f0c643a-e6b9-492d-9039-898f94df0e36\/thumbnail\/1240x684\/3974c303e1ba1c3b3b9b490d4b44aff3\/ap25065641733965.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Searchers return to the spot in 1999, where they believed the Martin family may have disappeared and compared the scene with a photo of it from 1959, front.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                The Oregonian via AP, file<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p 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