Jackie Larry Letney, known as Buck, Buckie, and Jack, was 34 when he disappeared after moving to Alaska from Zavalla, Texas. He was last seen on November 1, 1986, in Fairbanks, where he had gone to look for work and planned to bring his three young daughters north once established. Letney is described as a white male, brown hair, blue eyes, about 5 feet 8 inches and 150 pounds, with a scar on his forehead and a noticeable limp.

Accounts conflict about what happened next. Investigators later learned he crossed the Canadian border intending to return to Texas, and there is speculation he might have been headed for Bonweir or Orange, Texas, though it is unknown whether he reached either place. Another report says he left his residence in Boundary, Alaska, in February 1987 to walk to a store and never returned. A disappearance report allegedly filed in Angelina County in 1987 cannot now be located.

Law enforcement in Alaska and Texas, including the Alaska State Troopers, Angelina County Sheriff’s Office, and Newton County Sheriff’s Office, have worked the case, but the timeline after his last confirmed sighting remains unclear. If anyone knew Jackie or has information about his movements after November 1, 1986, please share what is known.