CNET's James Kim and family missing -- have you seen them?
By Ryan Block 
posted November 30th 2006 11:58PM
posted November 30th 2006 11:58PM
We'll have more information as we get it. If you have any information as to the Kim family's whereabouts, please contact the SFPD at 415-558-5508 during normal business hours, and 415-553-1071 after hours.
Update: Crave reports that James and his family are driving a 2005 silver Saab station wagon with license plate "DOESF." The official missing person report can be found here.
We've moved our updates after the break.
Update 2: According to Crave, officials investigating the case have narrowed their search to a stretch of Oregon's Highway 38, which is on the route that the family would most likely have taken to get to the Gold Beach motel where they had reservations.
Update 3: We've added a YouTube reel of recent James Kim footage to help identify him for those unfamiliar; we've also learned that state and federal officials have begun combing not only Highway 38 but the I-5 Interstate as well. Salem, Oregon officials have also set up a hotline if you have any information: 1-800-452-7888.
Update 4: According to the SF Gate, an aerial search is now fully underway; the National Guard, the California Highway Patrol, the Coast Guard, the Oregon State Police and Douglas County Sheriff's Department are focusing their search on Gold Beach and Bear Camp Road in Douglas County.
Update 5: Still no real news, but the Registar-Guard of Eugene, Oregon published an AP piece stating that authorities have determined the Kims have not used their cellphones or credit cards since the 25th -- last Saturday.
Update 6: Sightings and a credit card receipt have apparently last placed the Kim family at a Denny's in Roseburn, Oregon, north of current search efforts. The search is continuing further north into Oregon, and away from Hightway 42 and onto Highway 38. For fliers, info, and other ways to get involved, please also see jamesandkati.com.
Sounds like there's still no news. Is there anything people can do to help (drive around the area?) or do the police just want everyone to stay the heck away so we don't have more folks lost in snow? Anybody got some helicopters they're not using?
Wishes everything turns out well,
Ian.
This makes me so sad. Hope you come home safely! We all love you!
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Seriously man. Be positive.
There was no reason to say that.
I hope that they are ok.. Please hope there will be miracle at times like this.
My positive thoughts are with the Kim family.
This really sucks. When I first heard about this, I thought it was some stupid joke. Maybe I just wish it was a joke so we wouldn't have to worry... but it's real.. and James is too techy for days to go by without any sort of contact. Even if they were carjacked and stripped of all their possessions, I'd like to think that they would be able to find a way to get in contact with somebody.
At first I was hopeful, but now I'm starting to fear the worst. This really sucks.
I was watching CNET TV, and saw James Kim in one of the latest videos's. The date of the video was The 30th of November, 2006. I'm not quite sure when he disapeared etc but i though this might help. here's the link: http://www.cnettv.com/?tag=vidlib
**NOTE**
In the comment I posted before I forgot to say that the video name was "Road Warrior: Smart Phones and GPS..."
No local new news on the Kims as of Sunday 7pm HOWEVER the update above is misleading. They ate in ROSEBURG which is SOUTH of Highway 38, now considered a very unlikely route. Highway 42 out of Roseburg is now gtting the most attention from the family and authorities. However my personal view as a local is that the Galice to Agness area of the Rogue River (Josephine County search and rescue is working in that area) is the most likely place due to the very tricky roads and the fact they look on maps like a shortcut to the coast.
video on weather.com:
http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=4715&nav=84&collection=topstory&from=wxcenter_video
this is on CNN now. Let's hope it helps!
Kati and the kids are found!!!
They're still searching for James
I just heard on NBC here in San Fran that 3 members of his family have been found in Oregon. His wife and two kids, but he has not been found. They have taken the family to the hospital.
The two girls are alive because her strong mother breastfed them. Kati, you must be a strong wonderful person. May God watch over you and your family.
"The two girls are alive because her strong mother breastfed them. Kati, you must be a strong wonderful person. May God watch over you and your family."
Where did you find this amazing info? I've read every police and news report I could find on this. I didn't see anything like that on any of them. Please don't tell me it's hearsay. That would be wrong to post it as fact like that.
Still hoping and praying for Jim!
This guy is definitely not of my world; Oh, that's right, SF...Hey, I lived there for 5 years, so I know how that experience can impact negatively rational thought. I'm sorry, but for poor Kim, it's been one BAD decision after another: first, to travel with spouse and two infant children, overnight, on an old logging road, in the face of snow, ice, etc.; then, AFTER waiting a whole week, he decides reasonable to set out on foot for help, but then he promptly leaves the road, where he almost certainly would have been found, and instead heads into pure wilderness, worse than what he had just left, descending cliffs down into the Rogue River basin, where no one is likely to be for months to come. Can't we just get sushi in the Castro? High probability this won't end well for him...
You don't know what the conditions were with the weather and of his family to justifiably comment on his actions in the car driving, in the car stuck and wandering to get help. Instead of making reckless comments, having unfounded assumptions and having negative opinions, let's just pray, to your own god, that he is joyfully reunited with his healthy family that he took care of with his wife. May God speed.
From Flower Mound, Texas and the rest of the world.
They are stating on CNET now that they found a pair of pants believed to be James' pants at the bottom of a ravine... but no James in the pants.
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My prayers are with the family as the search continues for James. Oh my goodness how completely nerve racking! I can't begin to imagine how his family must feel, with me feeling the way I do as a complete stranger. We will keep positive thoughts and prayers rolling.
I am sending this in the hopes that I can add additional energy and support to finding James Kim. My heart is holding this courageous man and his family. I am praying continuously that he is found today and sending him thoughts of strength, creativity and determination. Hang on, James. Everyone is waiting for you to be found alive and return to your family and friends.
James Kim has been found. The Family requests privacy.
RIP, James Kim. I've enjoyed your reviews. Thanks for everything.
I wished that the rescuers got more aggressive in searching for James as sooon as they found Kati and the 2 daughters. A good idea would have been to have rescuers immediately camp overnight and leave a beacon light flasing for at least 8 hours. That would have led James in that direction for him to hike the next day.