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Carroll Parkins Missing Person Case

Last seen in Colton, Oregon on Apr 22, 2023

Victim Details

May 31, 2023

Jan 12, 2024

Carroll

Parkins

81

78

67 inches

180 lbs

195 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Apr 22, 2023

Colton

Oregon

Clackamas County

No

125572

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office

Oregon City

Oregon

Clackamas County

97045

James White

Detective

2223 Kaen Road, Oregon

5037855000

County

Law Enforcement

https://clackamas.us/sheriff

23-008383

2023-04-22

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office

na

Gray or Partially Gray

Brown

Brown

07/17/2026


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On April 22, 2023, 78-year-old Carroll 'Don' Parkins, a resident of Colton, Oregon, told his family he was going out to get some exercise. An avid outdoorsman, he planned to go 'shed hunting,' a common practice of searching for antlers that have been naturally shed by deer and elk. He drove his silver Toyota Tundra to a familiar area, parking it at a gate on Rooster Rock Road that led into private timber property near the Mt. Hood National Forest. He then entered the woods an ...
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Last Seen: Apr 22, 2023

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