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Apr 15, 2010
May 31, 2023
Marti
Hetzell
53
18
65 inches
130 lbs
Hispanic / Latino
Male
In the late summer of 1989, a young man named Marti Shawn Hetzell vanished from the Orchards area of Washington. Eighteen years old at the time, Marti was last seen on August 25, 1989. Originally from Vancouver, Washington, where he lived in the 7700 block of Northeast 110th Street, he had been staying with a friend in Orchards when he disappeared. Marti was a Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes. A notable and distinctive physical characteristic is that he was missing the tips of his left middle and index fingers. What he was wearing on the day he went missing is unknown to law enforcement. Five days after he was last seen, Marti's mother filed a missing person report, officially launching an investigation into his whereabouts. Despite the passage of time, very few details about the circumstances of his disappearance have ever come to light. Investigators have stated there is no indication of foul play connected to his case. One theory is that Marti may have left of his own accord, though the specifics to support this are not publicly available. He has not been seen or heard from since that day in August. The Clark County Sheriff's Office is the primary agency investigating Marti's disappearance, a case that has now remained unsolved for decades. His case is listed among the county's cold cases, a silent testament to a family's long and unanswered questions. Over the years, age-progressed photos have been created and circulated to show what Marti might look like as he aged. The lack of evidence and leads has left his family without closure, and the official narrative remains that he vanished without a trace, leaving behind a mystery that endures in the Pacific Northwest.
Aug 25, 1989
Orchards
Washington
Clark County
98662
No
26630
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Vancouver
Washington
Clark County
98666
707 West 13th Street, Washington
3603972211
County
Law Enforcement
89-12633
1989-09-01
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Brown
Brown
Brown
05/29/2026
