On June 4, 1996, 17-year-old Christine Meyer and her mother, Dianna, vanished from their family’s 50-foot yacht Marjo while underway in Salisbury Sound, about 30 miles northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. According to Robert Meyer, he woke about 12:30 a.m. to the smell of smoke, alerted his wife and daughter, went to retrieve the family’s two dogs, and when he returned the two were gone and the Marjo was soon engulfed and sank in deep water.

Investigators found significant inconsistencies in Robert Meyer’s timeline, including two unaccounted-for hours and his failure to stop after passing another boat. Dianna had been planning a divorce and Robert had taken out life insurance policies totaling one million dollars on Dianna and Christine, plus $250,000 on the yacht. A smear of blood later identified as Dianna’s and a .38 caliber shell casing were found on the family skiff, and recovered parts of the Marjo showed little fire damage on components recovered from deep water, suggesting the blaze may have burned down from above.

Robert Meyer was charged in 1998 with first-degree murder and arson but died by apparent suicide before trial. Christine and Dianna Meyer’s bodies have never been recovered and they are presumed deceased. Does anyone have information about the family’s movements that night or the Marjo’s condition before the fire?