Dale Kevin Madajski was 20 and working as a carpenter and cabin builder when he vanished from Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, in mid-May 1984. On May 17 he went to a local boat landing with Vietnam veteran Larry Joe McVey; neither man returned and both vehicles were found at the landing with no sign of their occupants.

Alaska State Troopers found blood and spent cartridge casings at the boat landing, and attention turned to Michael Alan Silka, a drifter and Army veteran last seen there. On May 19 troopers located Silka about 25 miles away; he opened fire, fatally wounding Trooper Troy Duncan and was killed by return fire. Subsequent searches recovered several bodies from the Tanana River, including Madajski’s, who had been shot in the head.

If anybody knew Dale or was in Manley Hot Springs that week in May 1984, any recollections could help fill in the timeline.