Eric and Pamela Bealer, both 58, disappeared from their remote summer cabin known as Green Top on Yakobi Island near Pelican, Alaska. They travelled there on September 12, 2018, and were expected home by the end of the month. When friends checked the property by boat on October 5, 2018, the cabin was locked and a note taped to the door said the couple had by their own choice ended their lives, asked not to be searched and explained they had hidden their bodies; the note said they had taken their dog and freed their chickens.

A plastic bin left at the scene held pre-stamped packages, letters to friends and family, and notarized wills that bequeathed Eric’s artwork and the couple’s estate to local organizations. Friends had known Pamela had multiple sclerosis and that the couple had discussed ending their lives; Eric had said he did not want to live without his wife. Troopers searched properties and the harbor by air but found no sign of the Bealers, and a court granted a presumptive death declaration in June 2019. Their bodies have never been found.