Background and Identity

Louis Craig Yates Jr. was born on September 3, 1969, in Klawock, Alaska, located in the Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area. At the time of his disappearance on May 29, 1989, he was 19 years old. Standing approximately 5'9" and weighing around 150 pounds, he was of American Indian/Alaska Native descent, with brown hair and brown eyes.

Final Known Whereabouts

On the evening of May 29, 1989, Louis was last seen operating a small vessel—referred to as a skiff—in the waters near Klawock. His intentions for that evening remain unknown, though friends and family assume he had set out alone to navigate the channels of his home waters ....Read More