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Portland Police Still Looking for Missing Person After 20 Years

Portland Police - Unsolved missing person case


Portland Police are asking for public help to solve a missing person case from 30 years ago.

Officers say Siphat Chau was 19 years old when he was last seen between 12:30-1 a.m. at his home on December 24, 2005.

Chau is an Asian man, who weighed 140 pounds and was about 5 feet, 8 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes when he went missing.

He may have been wearing a red sweatshirt, blue jeans, Timberland boots, a black suede jacket, and a beanie style hat.

Anyone with information is asked to call Portland Police at 207.874.8575. To provide information anonymously, call 207.874.8584 and leave a message on the department’s crime tip line.

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