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I can't find ANYTHING about this case online and it's driving me crazy.

My cousin lives in Lakeview, Oregon (tiny town, like 2000 people) and she told me about a girl who went missing from there in January. Emily Marsh, 24 years old. She was a waitress at the only diner in town.

According to my cousin, Emily didn't show up for her shift on January 8th. Her car was still at her apartment. Her phone was on the kitchen counter. Her cat was locked inside, hadn't been fed. No signs of forced entry, no signs of a struggle. She just... wasn't there.

The weird part? Her laptop was open on her bed, logged into some kind of chat program nobody recognized. The screen was still on when they found it. The last message sent from her account was timestamped 3:47 AM, but the message itself was just:

Police apparently couldn't figure out what program it was or who she was talking to. They said the chat logs were "corrupted beyond recovery."

Why isn't this being reported anywhere?? Has anyone else heard anything about this?

Can't find anything either. You sure your cousin isn't pulling your leg? Small town rumors can get wild.

That said, the "corrupted chat logs" detail is interesting. That's specific enough that it doesn't sound made up. Usually people embellish with normal stuff, not technical failures.

Any chance you could get more details? Name of the diner, exact address of her apartment? I can try running it through some databases.

Just got off the phone with my cousin. She says the diner is called "Rosie's" and it's on Main Street (only street with businesses, apparently).

She couldn't remember the apartment address but said it's above the hardware store. Only apartment building in the downtown area.

Also, she told me something else that's weird. She said after Emily disappeared, a few people in town claimed they got text messages from Emily's number. But when they'd check their phones later, the messages weren't there. Like they'd imagined them.

My cousin says she got one too. Three words:

Incomplete, like it got cut off. But she SWEARS she saw it. Showed it to her husband. Then it was gone.

I know how this sounds. But my cousin isn't the type to make stuff up.

Okay I live about 2 hours from Lakeview. I'm a freelance journalist (well, I have a blog) and I've been looking for a good story. I might drive out there this weekend and see what I can find.

@nightowl_sarah - would your cousin be willing to talk to me? I'll keep her anonymous.

Also, I searched every Oregon missing persons database I could find. No Emily Marsh. Which is... strange, if she's been missing since January. Either the report wasn't filed properly, or...

I don't know. But I'm interested now.

I went to Lakeview.

I found Rosie's Diner. It's real. I found the apartment above the hardware store. Also real.

Emily Marsh is real. Was real. Is. I don't know.

I talked to the owner of Rosie's. She confirmed everything. Emily worked there for two years. Good employee, always on time. January 8th, she didn't show up. Never seen again.

Here's where it gets weird. The owner showed me a photo of Emily. Young woman, brown hair, normal looking. Nothing unusual. But when I asked if I could take a picture of the photo, my phone wouldn't focus. Kept blurring. I tried four times.

I asked about the laptop and the chat program. The owner got uncomfortable. Said the police told everyone not to talk about it. Said there was "something wrong with the logs." Wouldn't elaborate.

I drove by the apartment. There's a "FOR RENT" sign in the window now. I thought about going in but... I don't know. Something felt off. The whole town feels off. Everyone looks at you like they're waiting for something.

I'm going back tomorrow. Going to try to talk to the police.

@TruthSeeker99 be careful. I just talked to my cousin and she's freaked out. Apparently word got around town that someone was asking questions about Emily.

She says to tell you NOT to go into the apartment.

She wouldn't say why. Just said "not the apartment" over and over.

Okay, I finally found something.

Emily Marsh appears in county property records from 2015 - she bought a used car from a dealership in Klamath Falls. That's the only official record I can find with her name on it.

But here's what's strange. I found an old Wayback Machine capture of a personal blog. The URL was something like emilysthoughts.blogspot.com. Most of the content didn't archive, but I found one post from October 2016:

That's all that was archived. The blog itself is gone now. Account deleted.

@TruthSeeker99 - You still there?

I went into the apartment.

I know Sarah said not to. But the landlord was there showing it to someone and I asked if I could look. He let me in. Normal apartment. Clean, empty. Nothing left of Emily.

Except.

There's a closet in the bedroom. The back wall has scratches on it. Like someone was clawing at the drywall. The landlord said it was already there when they cleared out her stuff. Said the police took photos but never followed up.

I touched the wall. I don't know why. Just wanted to feel it.

My phone buzzed. I looked at it. A notification that disappeared immediately. I only saw three words:

I don't know what that means. I've never been there before.

I'm heading home now. I'll post more when I've processed all this. Something's wrong here. Something's really wrong.

Has anyone heard from TruthSeeker99?

It's been 5 days.

Not a word. I sent them a PM two days ago, no response.

Probably just got spooked and decided to drop it. Happens sometimes with these rabbit holes. People realize they're in over their heads.

Still, the timing is... yeah.

Okay this is weird. Look at posts 12 and 14. They have the same timestamp. 3:47 AM, July 3rd. But post 12 was made BEFORE the mod's response in post 13, and post 14 was made AFTER it.

That's not how timestamps work.

Also, 3:47 AM... isn't that the same time as Emily's last message?

@moderator_jen can you check the backend logs for this thread?

I've checked the logs. I don't understand what I'm seeing.

According to our database, Guest_7291 registered on July 3rd, 2017. Normal guest account, used a disposable email. IP traces to... Lakeview, Oregon.

But here's the thing. The logs show both of their posts being made at exactly 3:47:00.000 AM. Not close to 3:47. Exactly 3:47:00.000. Down to the millisecond. But one was made before my post and one after.

I don't know how that's possible. I've forwarded this to our tech admin.

One year since Emily Marsh disappeared.

TruthSeeker99 never came back. Their account shows last active March 20, 2017. The day they went into the apartment.

I've been digging on and off all year. I can't find any record of Emily Marsh beyond what I already shared. No birth certificate. No school records. No social media. No obituary. No missing persons report. It's like she existed only in Lakeview, and only barely.

The only new thing I found: there's a chat program, never publicly released, called "Thread." Capital T. It was an experimental messenger developed by a small tech startup that went bankrupt in 2015. The program was never officially launched but some beta versions leaked.

The unique feature of Thread? It didn't have servers. It was peer-to-peer, but the connection method was never documented. Users reported connecting to "someone" even when they had no contacts. The company shut down after multiple users reported psychological distress.

I think Emily had Thread on her laptop.

I think she connected to something.