Nicole Marie Murphy and her two-year-old son Caiden. Photo: WCSO
HILLSBORO – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is working to locate 32-year-old Nicole Marie Murphy and her two-year-old son Caiden, both of whom were last seen Tuesday, July 23 between 6 and 7 p.m. at an urgent care facility on NW 185th Avenue and NW Cornell Road in Hillsboro.
Nicole Murphy is described as white, 4’11” 115 pounds with dirty blonde hair and green eyes.
Caiden is a 34 pound child with longer, curly blonde hair and green eyes.
Nicole Murphy was most recently staying at Mountaindale Recovery Center, a rehabilitation facility north of the Mountaindale community, outside of North Plains.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, there is no indication of foul play, “but the family is concerned about the well-being of Nicole and her ability to care for Caiden,” according to a media release.
Murphy has not used her cell phone since she was reported and missing, and does not have a known financial means of travel.
Anyone with information about Nicole Murphy or her son Caiden’s whereabouts is asked to call the Washington County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency line at 503-629-0111
Chas Hundley is the editor of the Banks Post and sister news publications the Gales Creek Journal and the Salmonberry Magazine. He grew up in Gales Creek and has a cat.