William Hamilton, Jr Missing Person Case

In the spring of 1978, a sense of tragedy befell the small communities of Prince of Wales Island in Alaska. On May 6th, 18-year-old William R. Hamilton, Jr., a male of American Indian or Alaska Native descent, vanished into the vast and unforgiving Alaskan waters. He was not alone; accompanying him were four other men: Verne Edenshaw Jr., Glenn Cook, Delbert Kelley, and Victor Burgess. The group was making the approximately 30-mile journey by boat from Hydaburg to Craig, a trip that should have ...
Last Seen: May 06, 1978

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