Brian Eugene Helmuth was 38 when he was last seen on the University of Alaska at Anchorage campus on June 14, 1999. He told family and a coworker he was going to see a movie, but his plans changed: his car was later found at the Anchorage airport and he flew to Seattle. He checked into a Bremerton, Washington, hotel and on June 15 a man matching his description boarded a local ferry. About 30 minutes into the crossing the man was discovered missing from the vessel and Brian has not been heard from since.

Brian was 5 feet 11 inches and 285 to 300 pounds, with brown hair, hazel eyes, eyeglasses, a full beard and mustache, and a two-to-three-inch V-shaped scar on the back of his hand. He may have been wearing a pullover cotton shirt, possibly blue trousers, and a Soviet military-style watch when he disappeared. Investigators considered suicide as a possibility but no definitive evidence or remains have been recovered and the Alaska State Troopers case remains open.

Did anyone on the ferry that day or in Bremerton notice someone matching Brian’s description or recall anything unusual that morning?