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Harry Sheldon Missing Person Case

Last seen in Kotzebue, Alaska on Aug 28, 1992

Victim Details

Apr 14, 2020

Mar 12, 2024

Harry

Sheldon

49

16

66 inches

140 lbs

American Indian / Alaska Native

Male

Aug 28, 1992

Kotzebue

Alaska

Northwest Arctic Borough

No

80488

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

920059721

1992-08-28

Alaska State Troopers

Black

Brown

Brown

07/26/2026


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In the late summer of 1992, a young man named Harry George Sheldon, at the age of 16, embarked on a journey by water in the vast and often unforgiving landscape of Alaska. On August 28th, he, along with three other individuals, set out in a wooden boat from Kotzebue, a city on the Chukchi Sea, with the destination of Noorvik, a community situated on the Kobuk River. The planned route would have taken them through the waters of Kotzebue Sound, a trip that is common for residents of the region for ...
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Last Seen: Aug 28, 1992

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    Has anyone looked into the weather conditions on the day Harry Sheldon and the others were traveling... ...Read More
    02/14/2024
    Hey sleuths, has anyone looked into the tides and current patterns around Lockhart Point during the ... ...Read More
    07/29/2023
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    07/19/2023
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