Missing Since: 1990-02-10 Location: Astoria, Oregon
Evans attended a wedding reception at High Climber Room lounge in Knappa, Oregon on February 10, 1990. She had served as a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding that day, and after the ceremony the wedding party went to the lounge. Evans locked her purse inside the trunk of the bride’s car and spent a short time inside the lounge before she told her friends she had to make a quick trip to Warrenton, Oregon to pick something up, and would be back in an hour. She left at 9:30 p.m. without taking her purse, and never returned. Later she was sighted getting gas at a station outside Astoria, Oregon. She was talking on the phone at the time, and was upset and crying. Evans’s vehicle, a borrowed brown 1984 Ford Ranger pickup truck with numerous dents, a 7-Up sticker in the window, and the Oregon license plate number PNB116, disappeared with her and has never been found. Her case remains unsolved. Investigating Agency Oregon State Police 503-325-5515 Source Information NamUs Facebook Page for Martha Evans Porchlight International for the Missing & Unidentified Victims News Online The Astorian Updated 3 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated February 13, 2021; picture added, distinguishing characteristics and details of disappearance updated.