Laura Henderson, 28, vanished from Kodiak, Alaska, on March 28, 1986. A recently divorced mother of two who worked at the Women’s Resource Crisis Center, she was in a custody dispute and planning to move to Oregon. On the day she disappeared she received a phone call from a man claiming to possess a tape that would incriminate her ex-husband; she agreed to meet him near the King Crab Cannery. That afternoon Donald Mac McDonald visited the crisis center, and Laura was later seen in McDonald’s van. She was never seen again.

Police theory alleged that Laura had been killed after McDonald met her, then that McDonald and another man, James Kerwin, disposed of her body into Monashka Bay; some of her belongings reportedly washed ashore. Jack Ibach and Donald McDonald were arrested and charged with kidnapping and murder.

Alternative leads and criticisms have persisted, including allegations that a local drug dealer, James McLaughlin, told people he had killed Laura and that those confessions were ignored. The case remains contested and unresolved because no remains have been found and key evidence is circumstantial. Does anyone who knew Laura or who lived in Kodiak at the time have details that could help clarify what happened that night?