Jason E. Bjaranson was 38 when he was reported missing from Warrenton, Oregon, on March 10, 2012. He was a deckhand aboard the 75-foot crabbing vessel The Lady Cecelia, which vanished 17 to 30 miles off the southern Washington coast while returning to its home port with three other crewmen: skipper Dave Anderson and deckhands Chris Lelan and Josh Vick.

No distress call or mayday was received; the only alert came from the vessel’s Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, which activated and sent a signal to the Warrenton Coast Guard station at 3:37 a.m. A Coast Guard helicopter found an oil slick, a debris field and an inflated but empty life raft within hours. Sonar later located the sunken vessel at about 450 feet.

An extensive search covering more than 640 square miles from Tillamook Head, Oregon, to Long Beach, Washington, was conducted for two days with helicopters, cutters and patrol boats, but no crew were found and the active search was suspended. Does anyone have information about Jason’s last voyage or the Lady Cecelia’s final hours?