Missing
Glenda Sue Shoptaugh
Shoptaugh, approximately 2005
Date and time person was reported missing : 11/10/2005
Missing location (approx) :
Estacada, Oregon
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 04/04/1943 (78)
Age at the time of disappearance: 62 years old
Height / Weight : Unknown
Medical conditions : Shoptaugh was in poor health at time of her disappearance. She suffers from mental illness and has been hospitalized for this in the past.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Gray hair.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Shoptaugh resided with her son in a residence on Highway 211 southeast in Estacada, Oregon at the time of her disappearance. Her son stated that early on the morning of November 10, 2005, she was acting strangely and talking to herself.
Shoptaugh's son left with a friend at 7:30 a.m. to go mushroom hunting. When he returned four or five hours later, his mother was gone. Her brown 1985 Subaru station wagon with the Oregon license plate number CL 68605 was also missing. Shoptaugh has never been heard from again. Her son reported her missing on November 14.
On November 15, Shoptaugh's car was found on a forest service road in Mount Hood National Forest, four miles from Highway 224, east of Estacada. The vehicle was covered in black mold. The door was open and the keys were still in the ignition. The Forest Service employee who found it did not realize it was connected to a missing person.
On November 18, when the Forest Service realized the car was still parked in the same location, they did a computer inquiry to determine the owner's identity and realized it belonged to Shoptaugh and that she was missing. A search of the area was launched immediately.
An extensive search of the forest turned up no indication of Shoptaugh's whereabouts and authorities no longer believe she was ever there. In July 2006, investigators announced Shoptaugh was missing under suspicious circumstances and may have been murdered.
Many of the people in her life were involved with the drug culture, but it is unclear whether drugs were a factor in Shoptaugh's disappearance. Before she went missing, she was known for collecting cans and bottles in the Estacada area. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
503-557-5811
September 2021 updates and sources
KATU News
North American Missing Persons Network
Clackamas County, Oregon
The Estacada News
October 12, 2004. May 13, 2008; .
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
