Erik T. Ekholm, 83, of Bellingham, Washington, was last seen on March 12, 1986. He is five feet eleven inches tall, about 165 pounds, with graying hair and hazel eyes. His car was later found abandoned at Deception Pass, the strait between Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island, but there were no witnesses to his final movements and no clear indication of his state of mind.

The vehicle’s location at a well-known and turbulent spot gives the case a stark geographic anchor but does not explain why he was there or what happened next. The Bellingham Police Department handled the investigation, which produced few leads and eventually went cold. Little else is publicly known about his activities before March 12.

If anyone saw Erik around Bellingham or Deception Pass in March 1986, or has information about his movements that day, please share what is known with investigators.