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CNET editor James Kim, family missing (Update Post 175)
CNet News ^ | November 30, 2006 6:37 PM PST | Leslie Katz

Posted on 11/30/2006 7:34:44 PM PST by rit

NET senior editor James Kim and his family are missing.

The 36-year-old Kim, his wife Kati, and daughters Penelope (4 years) and Sabine (7 months) left their home in San Francisco last week on a road trip to the Pacific Northwest. They were last seen on Saturday, November 25, in Seattle, according to the San Francisco Police Department, which has opened a missing persons' investigation. They were driving a 2005 silver Saab station wagon with California personalized plates of "DOESF."

Those with information about the Kim family's whereabouts are asked to contact the SFPD immediately--at 415-558-5508 during normal business hours and at 415-553-1071 after-hours. The Portland Police Department can be reached at 503-823-4000.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Oregon; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: cnet; familymissing; jameskim; kim; oregon
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To: paulat

Didn't think of that. I hadn't heard about the obviously horrific weather there. News media not reporting it or did I miss something?


41 posted on 11/30/2006 9:20:21 PM PST by mom4kittys (If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
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To: paulat; mom4kittys

Expensive, but there are satelite telephones.

Some expensive new cars ( On- star with GM ?... etc. ) have the hardware installed at the factory.


42 posted on 11/30/2006 9:27:16 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: mom4kittys

It has been major - but, I only knew about Seattle. Don't know anything about Oregon's weather or if they had the same snowstorms - sounds like they did.


43 posted on 11/30/2006 9:28:52 PM PST by Rte66
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To: rit

How strange. I looked up Gold Beach, as I'm not familiar with the area at all, and it is way back south, towards San Francisco - about 300 miles south of Portland.

Doesn't *sound* like Seattle was part of the plan at all. And that's a whole lot of land to cover between Portland and Gold Beach. Not looking good, that's for sure. Prayers for the Kim family.


44 posted on 11/30/2006 9:40:20 PM PST by Rte66
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To: lepton; george76
what's DOESF mean? Do ESF?

Probably "Does Science Fiction". SF is the traditional purist's term for the genre, not "sci fi".

45 posted on 11/30/2006 9:47:41 PM PST by tarheelswamprat (So what if I'm not rich? So what if I'm not one of the beautiful people? At least I'm not smart...)
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To: lepton; george76
re: Probably "Does Science Fiction"

Duh, never mind. When I read DOESF I thought I saw two S's.

46 posted on 11/30/2006 9:52:12 PM PST by tarheelswamprat (So what if I'm not rich? So what if I'm not one of the beautiful people? At least I'm not smart...)
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To: Rte66
I'm not far from Gold Beach. Temperate weather, and no reports of slides or road blockages recently. It's about four or five hours to Portland and no major passes in between. The coast road (as opposed to I5) can be tricky. But seldom if ever icy. Even in Portland the weather that was so bad in Washington, wasn't much there. The Seattle area where it was bad, is five or six hours north of Portland.
47 posted on 11/30/2006 9:52:28 PM PST by BruceysMom (I'm surrounded by liberals But its ok I'm reloading.)
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48 posted on 11/30/2006 9:56:15 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: lepton

>>what's DOESF mean? Do ESF?<<

I had the same question.
A little digging shows Doe SF is an artsy store in San Francisco where Kim lives.

A little more digging shows James Kim is the administrative contact for their web site.

http://whois.domaintools.com/doe-sf.com


49 posted on 11/30/2006 10:15:43 PM PST by gondramB (It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.)
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To: gondramB

I noticed something odd - he's editor of CNEt but hasn't logged into the web site in two weeks, nine days before he was last seen.

>>Real name:
James Kim

Where I live:
Noe Valley, a S...

What I do:
Play around wit...

Member since:
November 08, 2005

Last online:
Thursday, November 16, 2006 4:52PM PST<<

http://my.cnet.com/5304-4_92-0-2.html?ursRegID=20872243989216553265170253038939


50 posted on 11/30/2006 10:23:15 PM PST by gondramB (It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.)
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To: RinaseaofDs; MarMema

As I hear it, 410 (White River) is still okay, but that's just what I hear, not what I can verify.

Prayers for the Kim family.


51 posted on 11/30/2006 10:25:20 PM PST by IslandJeff (FR mail me to be added to the Type I Diabetes ping list)
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To: gondramB

Excellent sleuthing!


52 posted on 11/30/2006 10:27:02 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: SW6906
They could be slid off the road somewhere.

Yep, in Florida when people mysteriously disappear and they were last seen in their car, it's usually because they've driven into a lake or canal.

53 posted on 11/30/2006 10:29:24 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: rit

This is the 2nd weird missing Asian guy with a white wife and small child out of SF story that I know of. There was another unsolved one about a year ago too.

The wife and child did not go missing, but he did. They've never found him.

Hmmm.


54 posted on 11/30/2006 10:48:44 PM PST by I_Love_My_Husband (http://community.livejournal.com/_2008_repubpres/profile)
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To: gondramB

It's his wife's store:

http://www.sfstation.com/doe-a452


55 posted on 12/01/2006 12:11:37 AM PST by Rte66
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To: I_Love_My_Husband
I am a bit confused here, were they heading from SF through GOld Beach to Portland and then Seatlle, or, did they go to Portland and then down to Gold Beach and pland to head down to SF from there? If that was the case, the higway down the coast of Oregon can be a bit tricky at times, having driven it during teh summer in perfect weather.

I understand that the recent storms around Lincoln City ripped the highway and terrain to peices, with Lincoln City itself cut-off from Salem..(HIghway 18 closed).

Unfortunately it sounds like a traffic accident, going off a cliff or ravine.

If the family were going from Portland to Seattle, the going there isn't too bad, major higway 5...

We can only hope and pray...

56 posted on 12/01/2006 1:11:25 AM PST by abigkahuna (Step on up folks and see the "Strange Thing"--only a thin dollar, babies free!)
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To: rit

I wonder what he really knows about this. I bet the husband is involved somehow.


57 posted on 12/01/2006 1:28:31 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: rit
Oops read too fast I guess his is missing too. What reason would they have to disappear. Begin a new life? Did he do something illegal and trying to disappear before the activity is brought to light? I guess I am a cynic after watching Without a Trace. lol.
58 posted on 12/01/2006 1:30:54 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: abigkahuna

As I said in my earlier post, I don't think Seattle was really the destination at all; I think Portland was. They left SF on Fri., 11/24 and were expected in Gold Beach on Sat., 11/25, after having arrived in Portland.

Gold Beach is between SF and Portland, so they had gotten to Portland and turned around to head home.

Here are a couple more snippets of media articles to add to what is in the stories already posted:

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" ... The family made two phone calls to a Gold Beach hotel last Saturday, the second call at 5:45 p.m., Detective Angela Martin of the San Francisco police department told KGW-TV in Portland.

According to police, the family reportedly asked the hotel clerk to leave a key outside since they would be arriving late that night.

The phone call was the last reported contact with the family. The Gold Beach hotel did leave keys out for the Kim family but the keys were still there the next morning, KGW reported.

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[CNET co-workers - repeat of statement about usually being in contact by phone or email]

"We're all upset," said co-worker Sarah Cain.

Kati Kim's father, Phil Fleming, who lives in New Mexico, said he and his wife are waiting by the phone for news.

"I don't know if there's much we can do right now but stay at home base," Fleming told KGW-TV. ..."
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59 posted on 12/01/2006 2:09:06 AM PST by Rte66
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To: Rte66
They left SF on Fri., 11/24 and were expected in Gold Beach on Sat., 11/25

Anone know what the terrain is along this stretch?

60 posted on 12/01/2006 2:11:45 AM PST by BunnySlippers (Never Forget / Giuliani 2008)
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