Katherine Winslow, 41 and known also as Kathy Hicks, Kathy Sylvester, and Kate Winslow, disappeared from Ketchikan, Alaska, in the autumn of 1997. She was last seen in October of that year at the Air Marine Harbor. Official records list October 1, 1997 as the date of disappearance, though some accounts give only October as the last-seen period. At the time she was described as a white female, brown hair, blue eyes, five feet five inches tall, about 150 pounds, and wore eyeglasses.

Her official missing persons report was filed on April 27, 1998. The Alaska State Troopers have kept her file active, but public information about her last movements and circumstances is sparse. The delay between her disappearance and the report, and the lack of public leads, leave key questions about what happened that autumn in Ketchikan unanswered.

If anyone knew Katherine, knew where she worked or spent time in Ketchikan in 1997, or has information about her last days at the harbor, please come forward.