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Patricia Krieger.

MUS-2026-0541

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MUS-2026-0541

Missing person

Incident
2010
Indexed
Oct 29, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
Agency
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Location
Rockport WA

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Summary

What happened, as the record shows.

Patricia Krieger, 65, known as Patti, walked down a different trail from the group scattering her fiancé's parents' ashes on Sauk Mountain near Rockport, Washington, on October 2, 2010. She looked back when called and kept walking with her Rottweiler, Bear. Bear was found malnourished about three weeks later. Krieger has never been found, and no one has officially been named a suspect in her disappearance.

Timeline

What the record establishes.

  1. 2010

    On October 2, 2010, at about 1:30 p.m., Krieger takes a different trail down Sauk Mountain with her dog during an ash-scattering outing.

  2. 2010

    On October 2, 2010, about four hours later, the group returns to the mountain and reports her missing.

  3. 2010

    About three weeks later, Bear is found a few miles away, malnourished.

Key people

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MissingPatricia Krieger

65. Last seen October 2, 2010 on Sauk Mountain near Rockport, Washington, walking with her Rottweiler, Bear.

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