Ernest L. Saccheus, known as Sonnyboy, was 24 when he disappeared from Nome, Alaska. He was last seen on September 23, 1987, leaving the Polaris Hotel where he reportedly went out to get some drinks. He was wearing a cowboy-style shirt that night. After he failed to return he was reported missing and a $2,000 reward was offered in the months that followed, but no resolution came from that effort.

The case remains open with the Nome Police Department and the Alaska State Troopers. Reports note that Saccheus’s disappearance is part of a broader pattern of Alaska Native people vanishing or being found dead in the region since the 1960s, though authorities have not publicly linked these cases to a single perpetrator. Few concrete leads or witnesses have emerged, and the circumstances of what happened after he left the hotel are unknown.

If anyone was in Nome on or around September 23, 1987, remembers seeing Saccheus, or has information that could help, please come forward.