David Clyde Loveland, 41, disappeared after setting out on a planned 14-mile hike in the Harriet Hunt Leask Wolf Lakes and Lunch Creek area of Ketchikan, Alaska. He left on November 25, 1988 carrying a backpack with essential gear; searches began after he failed to return and the Alaska State Troopers were notified on November 28, 1988.

Search and rescue teams combed dense forest and waterways but found no trace of him. With no evidence of foul play reported, investigators and those who knew him have operated on the prevailing theory that he succumbed to the elements or had an accident during the hike. The case remains an open missing persons investigation and he is presumed deceased.

Does anyone who knew David, hiked that area in late 1988, or has information about those search efforts have details to share?