On May 4, 1980, 31-year-old Nancy Rose went canoeing on the Pack River in Sandpoint, Idaho, with her husband and another couple. Their canoe struck a log jam and capsized; the husband and the other two people survived, but Nancy disappeared in the turbulent water and has not been seen since. Drowning is suspected and the incident is described as a tragic accident, but because her body was never recovered the case remains an open missing person investigation.

Nancy was described as a Caucasian female, 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 130 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office led the search in 1980; records show the case was entered into NamUs on May 27, 2009, and an official report was filed with the sheriff’s office on June 12, 2008, reflecting renewed attention years later. Her husband died in 2018 without learning what happened to her.

Did anyone in the Sandpoint area have contact with Nancy or the group on May 4, 1980, or have information about that stretch of the Pack River at the time?