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Chad Wayne Rawls, 23, vanished after a boating accident on Lake Iliamna. On July 28, 2007, Rawls left Igiugig around midnight with three other men — Clinton Abarca, 26, Lance Hobson, 26, and Vince Rickteroff, 19 — bound for Kakhonok, a roughly 40-mile trip by skiff. The small, open boat capsized during a storm when an anchor reportedly fell and snagged on the lakebed, and survivors say the skiff flipped at least twice.

Rescuers found Lance Hobson clinging to the overturned boat on July 30 and recovered Vince Rickteroff’s body the next day. Despite extensive searches by aircraft and boats, Chad Rawls and Clinton Abarca were never found and were presumed to have perished in the cold water. Rawls’ family described him as a big-hearted, generous mechanic who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and boating.

Does anyone have information about the trip, the men’s last known movements, or sightings on Lake Iliamna that could shed light on what happened?