In this two-part series, we take a look at the disappearance of the Cowden family. On Labor Day weekend in 1974, Richard and Belinda June Cowden and their two young children went camping in the Pacific Northwest and were never seen alive again. This case has been described as one of Oregon’s most haunting and baffling mysteries in the state’s history. What happened to the Cowden family?

Sources:

Note: Sources contain information also discussed in Episode Two of this two-part series.
Eugene Register-Guard, Feb 11, 1966
The Bulletin, Jul 9, 1975
Eugene Register-Guard, Nov 2, 1980
Find A Case - Oregon v. Little
Mail Tribune, May 4, 2003
WikiMili
Phantoms and Monsters
James Donahue
Wikipedia
Reddit
Strange Outdoors
Find A Grave - Orla Fay Fipps
Find A Grave - David James Phillips
Find A Grade - Melissa Dawn Cowden
Newspapers Archive
Google Maps
The Trail Went Cold - Episode 113
But I Trusted You and Other True Cases by Ann Rule

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