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Stanley Eftestad Missing Person Case

Last seen in Dillingham, Alaska on Jan 27, 1996

Victim Details

Mar 17, 2020

Feb 13, 2024

Stanley

Eftestad

63

33

71 inches

159 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jan 27, 1996

Dillingham

Alaska

Dillingham Census Area

No

77842

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

960006280

1996-01-29

Alaska State Troopers

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

07/29/2026


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In the unforgiving waters of the Bering Sea, the story of Stanley Eftestad and the crew of the F/V Pacesetter came to an abrupt and tragic end on January 27, 1996. Eftestad, a 33-year-old man from Norway, was one of seven crew members aboard the 127-foot crab fishing vessel when it vanished. The Seattle-based boat was last known to be operating approximately 65 miles northwest of Saint George Island, in the midst of the notoriously dangerous opilio crab fishing season. Also lost to the sea that ...
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Last Seen: Jan 27, 1996

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