Sawmill missing persons

[Solomon Hawk]

The Halfmoon Mill seems to be abandoned and I've gone there several times to purchase cut logs for my home. I've gone inside and the place looks like it's being lived in, but nobody is around for at least a week now. Also, at the Heartwood Mill where I ended up going to get my logs, the woman there has dissappeared and only her kid is left wandering around as if nothing has happened. Any idea what's going on there? I'd like to get some more logs to finish with my house but it seems everywhere I go now, people are either missing or nobody seems to be selling.
If there is a way to respawn the NPCs who are missing, I could use the commands on the PC console. Help on this would be appreciated.

[Ilja]

Grosta at Heartwood Mill tends to get herself killed. I have fought against trolls, wolves and spiders to keep her alive, sometimes repeatedly. There is a encounter just behind the mill and Grosta often wanders too far from shore.

I don't know what's up with Hert and Hern, unless (Dark Brotherhood spoiler) you did a job for Nazir and forgot all about it.

[Solomon Hawk]

Hmmm... good point Hert and Hern... Been a long time since I did anything for the DKB

[hedgie_yozh]

Are they inside behind a locked door? I have had this happen many times - they get stuck in their locked houses. Picking the lock, letting them yell at you and leaving makes them come outside as usual.

[Solomon Hawk]

I've been inside both homes and there's nobody inside.
I went to Heartwood after trying Halfmoon and finding nobody there.
But with Heartwood Mill, she was there many times I had visited before to inform her about her husband's death but no dialog came up with that. She was there the first time I went to buy logs, but subsequently after buying logs from her .... poof.
I vaguely recall that a lot of vampire attacks were happening across Skyrim before the assault on Castle Volkihar and wiping them all out including their Lord. Since then, there has hardly been any further attacks anywhere. That does make me wonder if the vampires had perhaps killed or taken them.

[Hutta]

You could try using console command to teleport the relevant npc's to you when you are at that location. If you do be sure to have a save done before that as it at least once i broke a quest and the related npc dialouge doing it.

If they do not appear chances are they are rotting in a ditch somewhere.

[Solomon Hawk]

Hutta, I have to think that they're probably rotting in a ditch somewhere. LOL
However, if you perhaps have that command available so I can give it a try on my end.
I figure the worst that can happen is they simply won't show up as I've already done most of the quests.

[Mr. Monday]

I found Hert walking on the road coming from Whiterun today. First time I've seen her appear anywhere other than Halfmoon Mill, but there's been a few times I've gone past it and didn't see her there. Wondering if she does that, if it's a bug with the game, or a bug with a mod I have.

[Hare+Guu!]

Did you check at night? They're vamps after all.

[Garrett Aelito]

Hmmm... For one thing, the Wiki says "Hern does not appear until the assassination contract against him is active. Otherwise, Half-Moon Mill will be occupied solely by Hert." If you're sure Hert didn't suffer some sort of unfortunate 'accident', first SAVE your game as a new save, and THEN try putting the following into the console:

player.moveto 0001982F

and then hit "Enter/Return" to confirm. Note what happens in case it doesn't work properly, and don't delete the save you just made unless you're sure you'll never need it! (This goes for pretty much any time you use the console for complicated things)