Missing From: Astoria, Oregon
Missing: February 10, 1990
Age at Disappearance: 33
Height: 5′ 3″
Weight: 140
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Caucasian female. Martha has an appendectomy scar and a hysterectomy scar on her abdomen. Her ears are pierced one time each in the lobe. She has a tattoo on the back of her left shoulder of seven roses and a banner saying “Daddy”, a tattoo on the outside of her right ankle of a dragon with a banner saying “Penny”, and a tattoo of a tiger on her abdomen. The tiger tattoo covers her appendectomy scar and its claws touch the hysterectomy scar. Evans’s maiden name is Benthin.
Details of Disappearance: Martha was last seen leaving the High Climber Room lounge in Knappa, Oregon at 9:30 p.m. 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.
She 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 and would be back in an hour. She left without taking her purse and has never been heard from again.
Martha’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.
Investigative Agency: Oregon State Police 503-325-5515
If you have any information on this case, please contact CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or call the CUE Center 24-hour tip line at (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential.