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Josias Luna Missing Person Case

Last seen in Kodiak, Alaska on Jan 15, 2005

Victim Details

Mar 17, 2020

May 08, 2024

Josias

Luna

69

48

64 inches

160 lbs

American Indian / Alaska Native

Male

Jan 15, 2005

Kodiak

Alaska

Kodiak Island Borough

No

77446

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

050003785

2005-01-15

Alaska State Troopers

8584

Black

Brown

Brown

08/03/2026


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On a cold January day in 2005, 48-year-old Josias Hernandez Luna, a male of American Indian/Alaska Native descent, vanished into the unforgiving waters of the Bering Sea. He was a crew member aboard the F/V Big Valley, a 92-foot crab fishing vessel based in Kodiak, Alaska. The vessel, with six people on board, departed from Dutch Harbor to participate in the opilio crab season. Their journey took a tragic turn on January 15, 2005, when the Big Valley capsized and sank approximately 70 miles west ...
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Last Seen: Jan 15, 2005

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