Michael Ken Barney, 30, was working aboard the 42-foot salmon troller Legend when the boat encountered trouble and sank near Cape Douglas in southwest Cook Inlet on April 27, 1989. He was from Soldotna and part of a four-person crew with James Garner, Douglas Cundiff, and Richard Wiard, all from Homer. Immediate search and rescue operations were conducted, and an official report on April 29, 1989, confirmed the vessel had overturned and the entire crew was missing.

No trace of the Legend, its wreckage, or any of the crew was recovered despite extensive searches. The investigation concluded the vessel sank and the crew was lost, leaving the families without closure and questions about what happened that day. Did anyone in the area in late April 1989 see the Legend or its crew before the sinking?