On September 16, 1989, 49-year-old Shirley Ann Klemgard and her 61-year-old brother Edward Joseph LaBrie were last seen aboard their 16-foot 1962 Lone Star boat near Alexandria Bay, New York. They were believed to be heading from Galoo Island toward Henderson Harbor, and their car and boat trailer were later found abandoned at a state boat launch in Henderson Harbor. Relatives reported the boat’s 40-horsepower Evinrude motor had been frequently stalling.

Eight days after they were last seen, on September 24, 1989, a piece of their white fiberglass boat with red trim washed ashore at Fairhaven Beach in Cayuga County. The fragment bore a handwritten plea reading SEND HELP SHIRLEY KLEMGARD AND ED LABRIE LOST 7 DAYS ON 16 FT BOAT FIBERGLASS RED & WHITE, suggesting they may have been stranded at sea for a week. Extensive searches of Lake Ontario produced no further trace.

With no confirmed sightings or additional evidence, the siblings’ fate remains unresolved and investigators continue to seek information. Did anyone in the area in mid-September 1989 see the boat or notice anything unusual on the water?