Rodney ”Rod” Grissom & Karen Lee

Rod and Karen vanished along Oregon’s Highway 20 in May of 1977, a stretch of road that would later become infamous. The two kiddos were last seen near Lebanon, Oregon, and despite scattered leads over the years, they were never found. Decades later, their disappearance is suspected to be linked to convicted murderer John Ackroyd, a state highway mechanic suspected of being a serial killer who used Highway 20 as his hunting ground.

Rod and Karen’s case remains one of the earliest and most haunting connected to this chilling string of disappearances.