On December 31, 2002, 41-year-old Ronald Mario Ramey disappeared after a canoe capsized on Lake Aleknagik in the Dillingham Census Area of Alaska. Three men were in the canoe; none were wearing life vests. One man, Jim Caston, reached shore and was treated at a local hospital. Another man, Chris Cooper, was found about 100 feet from the water roughly 11 to 12 hours later and is believed to have died of hypothermia after reaching land.

Despite extensive searches by the Alaska State Troopers and rescue personnel, Ronald Ramey was not found and remains listed as a missing person in national databases. Reports note the possibility that alcohol may have been a contributing factor, but the exact circumstances leading to Ramey’s disappearance are unresolved.

Did anyone in the area know Ronald Ramey or have information about that December 31 canoe trip?