CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (KPTV) - A diver says he found human remains believed to be connected to a 1958 cold case.

For the past seven year, researcher Archer Mayo has been searching for the Martin family. Ken Martin, his wife Barbara and their three daughters - ages 11, 13 and 14 - were last seen in December 1958, driving their 1954 cream wagon.

The sheriff’s office says the family of five left their home in Portland to reportedly go look for greenery for Christmas wreaths and were never seen again. The case was investigated by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, and evidence led investigators to believe the family had possibly been in Hood River County and Wasco County.

In May 1959, two of the children’s bodies, 13-year-old Virginia and 11-year-old Susan, were recovered in the Columbia

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