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Timothy Staples Missing Person Case

Last seen in Ketchikan, Alaska on Feb 12, 2017

Victim Details

Mar 17, 2020

May 13, 2024

Timothy

Staples

47

38

73 inches

200 lbs

American Indian / Alaska Native

Male

Feb 12, 2017

Ketchikan

Alaska

Ketchikan Gateway Borough

No

77737

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

AK17010013

2017-02-12

Alaska State Troopers

8327

Brown

Brown

Brown

No

08/06/2026


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In the quiet coastal community of Ketchikan, Alaska, the disappearance of 38-year-old Timothy Staples remains a painful and unresolved event. On February 12, 2017, Timothy, a male of American Indian/Alaska Native descent, embarked on a journey that he would never complete. He was last seen leaving the Mountain Point boat launch in a skiff, with the intended destination of Metlakatla. Accompanying him on this fateful trip was Troy Smart. The journey across the water was expected to be a routine o ...
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