Michael Gerard Ritter was 38 when he vanished from Cordova, Alaska on October 5, 1996. His sailboat, the Wind Song, was found run aground on a remote beach just inside the entrance to Deep Bay with no signs of struggle or foul play aboard. An extensive search of the coastline and bay waters by rescue teams failed to locate him.

Ritter is described as an experienced mariner; how the Wind Song came to be grounded while its captain disappeared remains unexplained. The Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation, but the case remains unresolved and his family was left without answers.

Did anyone in Cordova or anyone who sailed Deep Bay in October 1996 see the Wind Song or notice Michael Ritter before he disappeared?