4-year-old girl, grandparents missing in Willamette national Forest By Kale Williams, oregonlive.com
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Search-and-rescue teams were combing the Willamette National Forest Wednesday for a 4-year-old girl and her grandparents who went missing earlier this week, officials said.
The girl, Zelda Sudhoff-Clements, and her grandparents, Sharon and Gregory Poitra, went to the forest looking for a Christmas tree on Monday, according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office.
The three were reported missing after the girl’s mother went to pick her up at her grandparent’s home in Eugene and found no sign the group had returned from the forest.
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Original story:LANE COUNTY, Ore. – A 4-year-old girl and her grandparents went missing while on a trip to cut down a Christmas Tree.
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said 4-year-old Zelda Sudhoff-Clements and her grandparents, Sharon and Gregory Poitra, were last seen on Tuesday, December 22. They were headed to the Willamette National Forest to search for a Christmas tree in a white 2007 Toyota Matrix with Oregon plate number 502 CWD.
Investigators don’t know where in the forest the family was headed. However, pinging of the grandparents’ phones indicated they may be in the Fall Creek area.
Lane County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue teams have been searching but, so far, the family has not been found.
4-year-old girl, grandparents found safe after trip to find Christmas tree in Willamette National Forest If I get nothing for Christmas but for them to come home, that s all I want, the couple s daughter told KEZI on Wednesday morning.
Credit: Lane County Sheriff s Office Author: KGW Staff Updated: 1:07 PM PST December 23, 2020
FALL CREEK, Ore.
UPDATE (1:05 p.m.) The Lane County Sheriff s Office said Sharon, Gregory and Zelda were all found safe Wednesday in the Quartz Creek area. They are looking forward to being reunited with their family.
Original story below.
A Eugene couple and their 4-year-old granddaughter are missing after they headed out Monday to find a Christmas tree in the Willamette National Forest, according to the Lane County Sheriff s Office.
4-year-old girl, grandparents found safe after trip to find Christmas tree in Willamette National Forest If I get nothing for Christmas but for them to come home, that s all I want, the couple s daughter told KEZI on Wednesday morning.
Credit: Lane County Sheriff s Office Author: KGW Staff Updated: 4:07 PM EST December 23, 2020
FALL CREEK, Ore.
UPDATE (1:05 p.m.) The Lane County Sheriff s Office said Sharon, Gregory and Zelda were all found safe Wednesday in the Quartz Creek area. They are looking forward to being reunited with their family.
Original story below.
A Eugene couple and their 4-year-old granddaughter are missing after they headed out Monday to find a Christmas tree in the Willamette National Forest, according to the Lane County Sheriff s Office.