Lawrence Johnston, 37, was a crew member aboard the 93-foot crab boat Northwest Mariner and was last seen January 15, 1995, about 120 nautical miles northwest of Saint Paul Island in the Bering Sea. The vessel sent a brief mayday before being lost during severe weather: 40-knot winds and 24-foot seas were reported. The overturned boat and a life raft with two hypothermic men aboard were recovered; those two men, Bob Peterson and Troy Collins, died. The Northwest Mariner’s other four crewmen — including Johnston, Bruce Forde, James Jim Foster, and Robert Rob Olson — were never found despite an extensive U.S. Coast Guard search and efforts by nearby vessels.

A memorial service was held at Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal to honor the six men, and the families of the unrecovered crew were left without closure. The exact cause of the capsizing remains unknown because the vessel and witnesses were absent. Did anyone have contact with Lawrence or the Northwest Mariner before January 15, 1995, or have information about the voyage that could help fill the remaining gaps?