Vera Lillian Hapoff, 25, was found in Anchorage’s Ship Creek on June 8, 1999, her body lodged at the fish ladder dam near the overlook bridge where the current turns treacherous. Those who knew her at Bean’s Café said she hadn’t deserved an end like this, and Anchorage Police treated the discovery as a homicide, opening case number 99-51060 and asking the public to help retrace her last hours. Crime Stoppers notices named the location and date and urged anyone who had seen her or knew whom she spent time with to come forward.

No arrests have been announced in her death, and authorities have not publicly identified any suspect or suspects. Her case remains open; she is memorialized at Saint Paul Cemetery in the Aleutians with the date of death and the word unsolved. Does anyone who knew Vera or who was in the Ship Creek area on June 8, 1999 have information that could help bring answers?