Lane County search underway for missing 88-year-old Lorane woman
Marjorie Ann Gray was last seen June 12 at her Lorane home, but deputies learned she was missing June 17, widening the search window in rural south Lane County.
A five-day gap opened the search for 88-year-old Marjorie Ann Gray. Lane County deputies said she was last seen June 12 at her home in the 27000 block of Lorane Orchard Road, but the sheriff’s office did not learn she was missing until June 17, a delay that makes every sighting, vehicle report and property check in rural Lorane more urgent.
Gray is described as a white woman about 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing around 130 pounds, with short gray hair and blue eyes. It is not known what she was last seen wearing, adding to the need for anyone who saw an older woman walking near Lorane, driving in the area, or stopping along local roads to come forward quickly.
Her vehicle is also missing: a white 2003 Dodge Durango with Oregon license plates 684-CVQ. Lane County deputies and Sheriff Search and Rescue volunteers have continued searching the area around her Lorane home, where longer drives, scattered residences and stretches of open land can make a missing-person response more difficult as time passes.
State officials have warned that missing-person cases involving older adults can become especially concerning because cognitive decline, medical conditions and environmental factors can raise the risk. The Oregon Department of Emergency Management says roughly 1,000 search-and-rescue missions happen each year in Oregon, and the state’s SAR program works with 36 county search-and-rescue coordinators.
The Oregon State Police Missing Children/Adults Clearinghouse, which receives and distributes information on missing children and adults to local law enforcement agencies, updates its list each business day. State officials also say missing-person records do not always include the exact date someone went missing, which can leave a gap between the last confirmed sighting and when a case is entered.
Anyone who has seen Marjorie Ann Gray, her white Dodge Durango, or anything unusual near the 27000 block of Lorane Orchard Road is asked to call Lane County Sheriff’s Office dispatch at 541-682-4150.
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