Richard Kirk Meyers, 50, disappeared after a solo fishing trip from La Push Marina on August 31, 2004. He was a dentist from Sequim who provided care to the Quileute Tribe several times a week. His 19-foot boat was found the next day adrift and unoccupied at the mouth of Goodman Creek, about eight miles south of the launch point; the engine was running and the keys were in the ignition. Damage to the propeller suggested the boat may have been lifted by a wave and struck rocks.

An extensive Coast Guard search followed but turned up no sign of Meyers, and the search was suspended after several days. Authorities have treated him as presumed lost at sea, and the Clallam County Sheriff’s Department maintains the case file for the 5 feet 7 inches, 165-pound man with graying hair and brown eyes. Few additional leads have been reported, and his family, already coping with other recent losses at the time, was left without answers.

Did anyone in the La Push or Sequim area see Richard or his boat on August 31, 2004, or have information that could help clarify what happened that day?