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Glenn Cook Missing Person Case

Last seen in Prince of Wales, Alaska on May 06, 1978

Victim Details

Mar 17, 2020

Jan 27, 2024

Glenn

Cook

75

27

69 inches

170 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

May 06, 1978

Prince of Wales

Alaska

Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan County

No

77468

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

A78-1439

Alaska State Troopers

Brown

Brown

Brown

No

08/13/2026


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On May 6, 1978, a somber day in the history of Prince of Wales, Alaska, 27-year-old Glenn Edward Cook, a Caucasian male, was last seen. He, along with four companions, Verne Edenshaw Jr., Victor Burgess, Delbert Kelley, and William Hamilton Jr., embarked on a boating trip from Hydaburg to Craig. The group was last sighted at the Waterfall Resort, a location approximately 15 miles from their destination of Craig. The journey was intended to be a routine trip across the Alaskan waters, but it trag ...
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Last Seen: May 06, 1978

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