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.
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...