CA CA - Craig, 34, & Christine Langford, 24, Rockport, 17 Jan 1981

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Basic gist from 5 articles found with the most comprehensive one clipped below, all of which seem to indicate an accident.

• Their camper was found with door ajar at Usal Beach (area ~35 miles north of Rockport and referred to as the "Lost Coast") with their dogs running around.
• Some days prior a fisherman had seen a man at the camper with dogs leashed.
• Family thought they may have been lost while hiking but their boots were in the camper.
• Thought was they were using the rubber raft in a lagoon in the area with storm water breaking the sand bar and sending them out to sea; breaks in the sandbar(s) were observed.
• The rubber raft and oar washed onto the beach.
• Weather was bad with search efforts (inland and at sea) hampered and ultimately called off.
• They had been married 5 months - he was a student at community college; she was a 6-year employee at her job.

Article clipped from The Press Democrat

Clipping found in The Press Democrat published in Santa Rosa, California on 1/22/1981.

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