Authorities in Clackamas County are searching for signs of a Lake Oswego man and his two children who never returned from what was supposed to be a day spent playing in the snow near Mount Hood.
The man is identified as Stewart J. Schmidt, 33. He and his daughter, Aidan, 6, and son, Gabriel McCoy, 15, left home Monday morning. He told his ex-wife he planned to take the children to the Indian Henry Campground in the Mount Hood National Forest. He was to return home by 4 p.m., the ex-wife told authorities.
She alerted police at 8 p.m. that Schmidt and the children were overdue, prompting a late-night search of the campground that turned up no signs of the family.
Lake Oswego police Capt. Dale Jorgensen said Schmidt and his exwife have an amicable relationship and there are no signs that his disappearance is suspicious.
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Jorgensen said Schmidt and the children don’t have any known medical problems.
He didn’t know if Schmidt was prepared to spend the night outdoors.
“The preliminary information we do have from the ex-wife is that Mr. Schmidt is an experienced outdoors person,” Jorgensen said. “He is a hiker. He is familiar with the outdoors.”
Jorgensen said authorities are not conducting a ground search but they are tracking Schmidt’s credit and bank cards to see if they are being used, and they are trying to pin down his possible location using the man’s cell phone.
“Until we get any more information we are at a standstill,” Jorgensen said.
Jorgensen said the man was driving a maroon Hyundai Santa Fe with Oregon plates, YPA799.
