Justina Beatrice Kunayak, 45, was last seen in Nome, Alaska, on November 18, 1990. A mother from Little Diomede, she had traveled to Nome for a doctor’s appointment in Anchorage and was observed walking down Front Street near the Nome Nugget Inn wearing a light-colored parka with a polar bear ruff. After that sighting she was never heard from again.

Her daughter, Etta Tall, describes searching Nome with her sister, showing photographs of their mother and asking for help. Tall says the family felt little support from local police at first, and later the FBI could not locate the family’s photograph in the Nome Police Department file. Authorities have investigated but have not publicly concluded a serial predator was involved.

The disappearance remains unsolved and is one of several cases affecting the Alaska Native community in the region. If anyone in Nome in November 1990 remembers seeing Justina or knows anything about her whereabouts, please come forward.