Marshall Lawrence Klein was a 2-year-old from Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, who vanished on May 17, 1984, during a family outing to the Tanana River. He was last seen with his parents, Lyman and Joyce Klein, riding a four-wheeler toward the boat landing. By that evening multiple locals who went to the landing were unaccounted for.

The town’s suspicion centered on 25-year-old drifter Michael Alan Silka, who had camped near the boat launch. Troopers arrived in the hours after the disappearances and found blood and spent casings at the landing. An air search located Silka along the Zitziana River; when offered a chance to surrender he opened fire. Trooper Troy L. Duncan was killed and another officer wounded before return fire killed Silka. By June, several victims, including Lyman Klein, had been recovered from the Tanana; others were never recovered. Marshall is recorded as resting at Manley Hot Springs Cemetery.

Does anyone who lived in or visited Manley Hot Springs in May 1984 remember details about the landing or the people who were there that day?