Jesus Cardoza Valdovinos was a 19-year-old U.S. Navy apprentice fireman and engineman striker assigned to the U.S.S. Ranier when he disappeared in the pre-dawn hours of April 18, 1998. He was last seen on a ferry traveling from Seattle to Bremerton sometime between 4:00 a.m. and 5:15 a.m. He was known by the nickname Chewey, born in Arteaga, Mexico, and described as Hispanic and White/Caucasian, with black hair, brown eyes, about 5 feet 10 inches and 145 pounds.

A crewmember later reported a possible sighting of someone matching his description on the ferry’s return trip to Seattle that same morning, but that sighting was never confirmed. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service handled the case; no other credible sightings or leads have surfaced and the investigation went cold.