The Columbian | Serving Clark County, Washington

The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says police have questioned the friend of a Portland woman missing since last Thursday, and he is not considered a suspect in her disappearance.

Kathrine Huether, 24, was last heard from on the afternoon of March 4 when she sent a text message to a male friend that she was going hiking on a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail just north of the Columbia River, near Bonneville Dam. She was reported missing on Saturday.

According to a news release issued Friday afternoon by Undersheriff Dave Cox, the friend was questioned by Portland police but is not considered a suspect in Huether’s disappearance.

Deputies and rescuers searched the area by ground and air early this week, but found nothing except a credit card receipt with Huether’s name on it. Her vehicle was parked at a trailhead.

Another hiker in the area the day Huether disappeared reported she had come across a man who had exposed himself. Deputies have been unable to confirm the report.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Skamania sheriff’s office at 509-427-9490.

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