Ward Kakonna Olanna, a Native American man with black hair and brown eyes, was 57 when he was last seen in Nome, Alaska, on August 18, 1984. His home was in Brevig Mission about sixty miles north of Nome. Little is publicly known about his height or weight. He was never heard from again after that day.

Investigators identified another Brevig Mission resident, Reuben S. Rock, as the last person known to have been with Olanna. Rock was charged on September 10 with first-degree murder; prosecutors alleged an argument escalated and Olanna was stabbed in the chest. Olanna’s remains have never been found, and the case is classified as an endangered missing person with suspected foul play. Rock was later convicted of second-degree murder.

Does anyone from Brevig Mission or Nome remember Ward Kakonna Olanna or have information about where he might have been after August 18, 1984?