On September 30, 1984, 18-year-old Geoffrey Odonoghue was aboard the 48-foot wooden fishing vessel Curlew when the boat sank off the southeast tip of Atkins Island near Koniuju Island in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska. The Curlew was towing another fishing vessel, the Kelly Ann, when it began taking on water; the Kelly Ann’s crew cut the towline, started their engine and avoided nearby rocks, and rescued one person from the sinking vessel.

Geoffrey Odonoghue, along with Philip Odonoghue, 22, and David Miller Jr. of Kodiak, were lost in the accident and are all presumed deceased. The Alaska State Troopers are handling the case.

If anyone has information about the Curlew’s final movements or the three crewmen, please come forward to share what you know.