Morden Billy Ralph Utinowatum was 63 when he vanished from the Beaver Ranch Reserve near Fort Vermilion on the evening of April 6, 2002. During a family visit at about 9:00 p.m. he wandered away from the residence and was not seen or heard from again.

He is described as an Indigenous man, slender, 6 feet 2 inches and about 183 pounds, with short graying hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion. Distinctive medical details include amputations of all toes on his right foot and all but the middle toe on his left foot. He also struggled with alcohol addiction.

The disappearance remains an open investigation. Does anyone who was in the Fort Vermilion or Beaver Ranch Reserve area on April 6, 2002, or who knew Morden, have information that could help bring his family answers?