Eleven-year-old Tara Lea Wetzel disappeared after a plane crash on June 16, 1989. She was a passenger on a flight returning from a bible camp in Port Alsworth, Alaska, bound for Soldotna when the aircraft ran out of fuel and went down in the waters of Cook Inlet. Tara was about 4 feet 10 inches tall, 100 pounds, with brown hair, green eyes, braces on her upper teeth, pierced ears, and scars on her abdomen and one knee.

She wore a red and purple sweatshirt over a shirt with either a Garfield or a flamingo on it, black stretch pants, red, white and black sneakers, and tan-framed glasses. Three other people on board — Janelle Gerlitz, William Johnson and Michele Green — also vanished after the crash.

A search recovered a few items from the plane, but none of the passengers were ever found and all are presumed deceased.