[Rte66]

Few more new snippets in SF Examiner (first I'd seen that they actually told the hotel they were experiencing bad weather when they called about late arrival):

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" ... As they made their way south, the Kims stopped in Portland, where they ate lunch with friends at about 2 p.m. Saturday, Wright said. That was the last anybody who knew them saw of them.

The last call from either James or Kati Kim’s cell phone went out at about 2 p.m. Saturday, Wright said, but they made several calls to the hotel in Gold Beach from land lines on Saturday afternoon, saying they would be late for their reservation due to heavy weather.

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Oregon state officials report neither of their credit cards have been used since Saturday.

Officials in Curry County, where Gold Beach is located, said they were using 4-by-4 trucks, a helicopter and a Sno-Cat to search an area known as Bear Camp Road that was snowed in over the weekend.

Members of the Kim family have contracted with one or more helicopter companies to fly along the major roads between Interstate 5 and U.S. Highway 101 at the coast, according to Oregon State Police. ..."
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[vikingchick]

Thanks.