Mark Albert Thibault, 31, vanished from the waters off southern Alaska on October 11, 2002. He and crewmate Patrick DeMichele were aboard the 48-foot fishing vessel Shenandoah, which had left Homer and was towing the 65-foot Mary J en route to Seward. The Coast Guard responded after receiving an EPIRB distress transmission near Rocky Bay and found a life raft from the Shenandoah but no sign of the vessel or its two crew.

The Mary J was later discovered aground in Windy Bay, and debris from the Shenandoah was found around Chugach Bay. Extensive searches failed to locate Thibault or DeMichele, and the Shenandoah is believed to have sunk. Few details are known about what happened on the water that day and the case remains unresolved.

If anyone was on or near those routes in October 2002 or has information about the Shenandoah’s final voyage, please share what is known.