Jay Wayne Ellis, 42, vanished in Alaskan waters on November 21, 1992. He was last seen aboard a tugboat in Farragut Bay in Frederick Sound near Ketchikan when the vessel unexpectedly rolled over and sank. Described as a Caucasian man with brown hair and brown eyes, Ellis was five feet four inches tall, about 130 pounds, and reportedly wearing jeans and a flannel shirt that day.

The tug’s sudden capsize and the icy, fast currents are believed to have prevented escape and survival. Despite search efforts by authorities and fellow mariners, no trace of Ellis was ever recovered, and he is presumed drowned. The Alaska State Troopers investigated but the conditions left few answers.

If anyone worked on that tug or was on the water in Farragut Bay that day and has information about the sinking or Ellis’s movements before the accident, please share what is known.