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Gene Ozenna Missing Person Case

Last seen in Nome, Alaska on Aug 27, 1998

Victim Details

Mar 17, 2020

Feb 13, 2024

Gene

Ozenna

68

41

64 inches

130 lbs

American Indian / Alaska Native

Male

Aug 27, 1998

Nome

Alaska

Nome Census Area

No

77243

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

980058186

Alaska State Troopers

8771

Black

Brown

Brown

08/04/2026


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In the late summer of 1998, the vast and unforgiving landscape of Alaska became the backdrop for a quiet disappearance that would leave a family with decades of unanswered questions. On August 27, 1998, 41-year-old Gene Lee Ozenna, a resident of Nome, Alaska, was last seen. An American Indian / Alaska Native man, Gene was known by the nickname Jean Ozenna. He had black hair and brown eyes, with a scar on his left arm and tattoos on his left forearm. At the time he went missing, he was wearing a ...
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Last Seen: Aug 27, 1998

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    Hey everyone, I've been following the case of Gene and the others who went missing during their boat... ...Read More
    04/14/2024
    Has anyone been following the case of Gene and the group he was with while boating from Wales to Dio... ...Read More
    02/23/2023
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