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I never liked that listed as his cause of death either. Sounds like he slipped and lost his balance. Also where was his clothes?How do we know it was a suicide? Maybe he just jumped off not knowing he would die.
Maybe he was having a mental health crisis? That's the only thing I could imagine.I never liked that listed as his cause of death either. Sounds like he slipped and lost his balance. Also where was his clothes?
Yes! That's a good possibility too.Could he be a victim of 'Starlight Tours'? That could explain his lack of clothing. It's where police officers drive drunken (I know his toxicology was negative) or misconduct individuals to the outside of town and make them walk home and they sometimes would take their clothing.
Submitted the above to doenetwork, Frank has been ruled out by dentals.Maybe a shot in the dark but another person missing from Alaska 9 years earlier with a similar height and weight - a Frank H. Johnston.
Same eye colour, similar nose (in other pictures than his official missing persons picture).
At the very least maybe a way to keep the conversation about both men continuing - any thoughts on this one?
Alaska State Troopers link - https://dps.alaska.gov/getmedia/1c62b5e7-939b-4b22-ace7-3518e539e288/Johnston
Charley Project - Frank H. Johnston – The Charley Project
439UMAK Doe Project - 439UMAK
This might be my favorite post in the history of Websleuths.How do we know it was a suicide? Maybe he just jumped off not knowing he would die.
Very intriguing case. LE said he may have come from a ship docked at/near Anchorage as fingerprints didn’t match any database across NA or Canada from memory. I’d definitely love to see this one solved, maybe a modern run with genetic genealogy could crack the case?I'm very surprised they found no drugs in his system.
Running around naked, climbing up a flag pole then jumping off and committing suicide aren't rational behaviours, and I'm certain he must've have been suffering some sort of mental break.
Such a sad case. No-one reported him missing, yet he had to be living somewhere, although maybe he was "off-grid" or even homeless.
MOO.