Couple reports seeing missing Oregon woman on Washington ferry

UPDATE:
Searchers have found the body of an Oregon mother missing since last Thursday on a remote forest road southwest of Portland. Read more.

Original story:

Investigators are checking surveillance video from the Washington state ferry system to see if they can confirm a report that a missing Dundee, Oregon, woman was spotted Thursday on the ferry out of Anacortes to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands.

A couple who notified deputies told KPTV they saw a woman matching Jennifer Huston’s description driving a car that matched Huston’s car, including a cracked windshield.

They say the woman on 9 a.m. ferry also had a white band aid on her face.

San Juan County Undersheriff Bruce Distler says the tip is worth checking out. The ferries system said it has sent out an alert to all employees with Huston’s description.

“I hope that it’s her and I hope they find her, like right now,” husband Kallen Huston told KPTV. “I hope it’s her, but I also don’t want people to stop the search locally in Yamhill County just in case.”

The 38-year-old woman was last seen last July 24 running errands. A search was conducted in Yamhill County, Oregon, and along the Willamette River.

Huston’s family says she spent time in the San Juans in the past. She grew up in Tacoma and Gig Harbor.

“Every day we’re waiting for some clue that we can jump on,” Kallen Huston said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.