ID ID - Steven Jonas, 28, Moscow, 8 July 1983

[Gardener1850]

No Photo

Steven Linne Jonas
Latah County, Idaho
28 year old white male

Height (inches)	68.0
Weight (pounds)	160.0 to 16.0

Brown Hair
Blue Eyes

Clothing:
Jacket, black & white
Shirt, white
Pants, green
Ball cap, blue and white "MACK"


Circumstances: Steven Jonas went to Crater Lake National Park where he attempted to drive his vehicle over a cliff unsuccessfully. He abandoned his vehicle and has not been heard from since.

Dental information / charting is available and will be entered later

DNA Status: Sample is currently not available

Fingerprint information is available elsewhere

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/28218/

Please help find a photo of Steven and more info.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

1983 - Smith Brothers Crater Lake National Park Chronology

Steve Jonas, 29, of Moscow, Idaho, seasonal maintenance employee for the past 5 years, mysteriously disappears after being seen walking along Annie Creek Canyon. A Park visitor reported to the Annie Spring Entrance Station seeing a car precariously perched on the ledge of the canyon, at the “Ole Van” turnout, with a man of Jonas’s description standing nearby. When a ranger patrol arrives about 15 minutes later, Jonas had disappeared. A massive search was mounted with a helicopter crew, search dog teams, and 25 volunteer searchers, but no trace of Jonas has ever been found. On his way out of the Park, Steve had stopped for gas and had mumbled something about wanting to kill himself, but nobody took it seriously because he had a history of mental illness and depression, ever since returning from the Service.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Corvallis Gazette - 15 Jul 1983
Search for man winding down

Searchers have found nothing to indicate 29 year Steven Jonas stayed in the park area. The Moscow Idaho man was last seen Friday near his car on the brink of a 300 ft cliff he car was later recovered. Friends say recently Jonas has been treated fro severe depression and may have been taking medication for the condition.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Corvallis Gazette - 11 Jul 1983

Steven Jonas 29 of Moscow Idaho a seasonal employee who has done janitorial and maintenance work at the park for the past five years. The search began late Friday a visitor spotted him standing near his car about 2:30 pm near Annie Springs Canyon about nine miles south of Crater lake Lodge.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

To note Steven Jonas was from Moscow Idaho and went missing at his season job at Crater Lake National Park in Klamath County Oregon

 

[MadMcGoo]

Refreshing the thread...

 

[shanda3434]

I wonder if he had wanted to disappear. He could have been trying to plant the idea of suicide and left the car in that position intentionally. Obviously, its more likely that he committed suicide, but without knowing the area I'm just trying to come up with another solution to not finding his body.