William Tyler was 39 and working as a fisherman out of Ketchikan, Alaska, when he disappeared after the fishing vessel Tamra Dawn sank on November 26, 1996. The Tamra Dawn was a 33-foot sea cucumber and urchin dive boat reported sinking in Clarence Strait, about two miles from Point McCarty and roughly 20 miles southwest of Ketchikan near Dall Head. The vessel’s distress call led to search and rescue efforts, but neither the boat nor any of its three crew members — William Tyler and brothers Lee and Brian Spencer — were recovered.

Tyler was described as a White/Caucasian male, 5 feet 11 inches, 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, and scars on his right thigh and right leg; he may have been wearing a dry suit. Authorities presume the men drowned, but without recovery of the vessel or bodies, the exact circumstances of the sinking remain unknown. Does anyone have memories of the Tamra Dawn or that day on Clarence Strait that could shed light on what happened?