Albert Molton Hagen, Jr. was 27 when he was last seen in the Fairbanks area around April 28, 1984. He had returned to Alaska after about ten years away to visit his parents in Manley Hot Springs. On May 17, 1984, several residents of the tiny community vanished after going to the boat landing on the Tanana River; Hagen was among those who went to the river that day to dump some brush and never returned.

Investigators connected the disappearances to Michael Silka, a recent arrival to the Alaskan interior who was later linked to multiple killings. Silka was killed in a shootout with an Alaska State Trooper on May 19, 1984. Authorities believe Silka was responsible for at least nine deaths and that some victims’ bodies were disposed of in the Tanana River; Hagen’s remains have never been found and his case is treated as a suspected homicide.

Does anyone who knew Albert or who was in Manley Hot Springs in spring 1984 have information that could help clarify what happened at the river landing?