On December 27, 1986, 31-year-old Stephen Swartout was on a pleasure boat in Sharatin Bay, northwest of Kodiak, Alaska, when the vessel reportedly swamped from the stern. Stephen was last seen wearing a light-colored t-shirt and brown pants. He was aboard with four other men; two people, Stephen Swartout and 25-year-old Timothy Stauffer, were lost to the sea that day and neither man was ever found.

The men’s cases are officially recorded as presumed deceased, and the incident remains a painful loss for their families and the Kodiak community.

Did anyone have contact with Stephen or Timothy around December 27, 1986, or recall seeing that pleasure boat in Sharatin Bay that day?