Hari Krishna Reddy Karasani, 24, was a graduate student from India studying in Houston who traveled alone to Alaska in late 2025. He arrived in Fairbanks on December 22, 2025, checked into the Aurora Denali Lodge in Healy on December 23, and was last heard from by friends and family on the evening of December 30. The last confirmed sighting was December 31, 2025, when he checked out of the lodge at about 10:00 AM and was seen leaving the premises. His phone’s final signal was recorded in the Denali area that day, and there has been no activity on his financial accounts since.

Roommates expected him back around January 4 or 5, 2026; he was reported missing to the Alaska State Troopers on January 3, 2026. Hari did not know how to drive and was traveling without a vehicle, relying on public transport in a region where temperatures had dropped to dangerously cold levels. The Alaska State Troopers issued a missing person bulletin and the local Telugu community appealed for a wider search while a petition circulated asking for interstate investigative support.

The circumstances remain unresolved and frightening: a young man alone in a vast, harsh landscape who vanished without further trace. Anyone who saw Hari in the Healy or Denali area around December 30–31, 2025, or has information about his movements is asked to come forward.