AK AK - Hari Karasani, 24, missing from Healy, 31 December 2025

[haggis]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Hari lives in Houston and flew to Alaska on his own, apparently. Told friends he'd be back in two weeks.

Per NAMUS:

Hari last spoke to his friends on 12-30-2025 at 2030 hours. He checked out of the Aurora Denali Lodge on 12-30-2025 around 1000 hours. He is visiting Alaska from Texas and is traveling alone without a vehicle.

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Circumstance Notes​

Aurora Denali Lodge 249.5 George Parks Highway, Healy AK 99743

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Helpful information in this news article, saying he might have traveled from Denali to Fairbanks.

Andhra Student Goes Missing During Solo Winter Trip To Alaska, Vanishes On New Year's Eve - What Happened?

Despite Alaska's extreme winter temperatures, his motives for visiting remain unclear. Officials report around 2,000 individuals go missing in Alaska annually., India News, Times Now

www.timesnownews.com

AND: Possible early sightings reported in comments on this Alaska Trooper FB page. Two people said he looked disoriented. At 40 below, it's not sounding good, sadly.

https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaStateTroopersOfficial/posts/pfbid02EjjEtC6pggroZs2emGnW3MpHUfqENbEhGsbqiA5Jh2ARrTBfQDmJ6K3ksSBqeWd9l

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Very scary. Alaska is a tough place to be found - vast wilderness, rough weather, etc.

I’ll be praying for him.

 

[Knox]

Why did Hari make the trip to Alaska? What did he do there from 12/22 to 12/31?

It's interesting that his friends who reported him missing, don't know the reason for the trip either? I have so many questions. And what's this about a Lyft transaction that was later disputed?

However, concerns deepened after credit card records showed a Lyft transaction, which was later disputed.

This raised questions about his movements after checking out of the motel. There has been no confirmed activity linked to Hari since December 31.

Told roommates will return in 2 weeks: Indian student missing during solo trip to Alaska, mobile phone switched off - The Times of India

US News: An Indian student from Andhra Pradesh, Hari Karasani, has been reported missing in the US during his solo trip to Alaska. The Alaska State Troopers is.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[GraceG]

Hari is from India, in the US attending the University of Texas for his Masters studies. MSN

I don't think I would be incorrect in stating he likely has no experience in the travel and weather conditions found in Alaska in December. Minus 26 as the HIGH temperature is not uncommon this time of year in that area. What was the purpose of his trip, something for scholastic research? Of was he wanting to see the Northern Lights?

One concern - the lodge openly advertises that Healy has NO forms of public transportation and there is no transportaion to and from the lodge outside of rental cars. So how could he be "traveling alone without a vehicle" as stated in the missing article in the thread opening post? Could he have rented a car after flying via airline into Fairbanks? (yes, his roomates said he didn't know how to drive, but maybe he did, and just never did so when he was on campus). Aurora Denali Lodge

 

[swanniee11]

I wonder if he was on any dating site? Maybe he met someone and traveled to visit? That person could have a car so he might not need one. Just a thought. IMO

 

[Marysmith]

It's a 2 hour, approximately, drive from the lodge to Fairbanks. He would have to travel by vehicle as it would be unwalkable in that weather.
Gosh, what happened and where is he?

 

[GraceG]

Other than a short blurb on msm online there is NO coverage in any US newspaper or TV station that I could find on his being missing. Just the Alaska State Troopers missing alert for him on social media. I also checked the Fairbanks area media this morning. and there's no mention of him.

 

[Knox]

It's a 2 hour, approximately, drive from the lodge to Fairbanks. He would have to travel by vehicle as it would be unwalkable in that weather.
Gosh, what happened and where is he?

The Lyft driver incident is concerning. Hopefully LE is running down that lead.

 

[GraceG]

The Alaska Department of Public Safety has posted his info with his full name, age and the particulars that we already know, but hopefully more people will see it now (note, you have to scroll down to find his info, there are other unrelated cases that pop up
first). Department of Public Safety

 

[GraceG]

Found what I think may be his LinkedIn page. States he lives in Denton TX. I don't have a LinkedIn account so couldn't see his full profile but he is listed as a Full Stack Java Developer so I assume his graduate coursework is in computer science. So, if this is his page, the trip would be a vacation not possible research trip for school as I had earlier speculated. (I had graduate program biology major friends that traveled to AK to do some of their thesis research). https://www.linkedin.com/in/hari-krishna-reddy-karasani-271841283?original_referer=https://www.google.com/

 

[haggis]

Found what I think may be his LinkedIn page. States he lives in Denton TX. I don't have a LinkedIn account so couldn't see his full profile but he is listed as a Full Stack Java Developer so I assume his graduate coursework is in computer science. So, if this is his page, the trip would be a vacation not possible research trip for school as I had earlier speculated. (I had graduate program biology major friends that traveled to AK to do some of their thesis research). https://www.linkedin.com/in/hari-krishna-reddy-karasani-271841283?original_referer=https://www.google.com/

Just looked at this LinkedIn account -- not his, as it says he was awarded his master's in 2010.

University of North Texas
Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Aug 2010 - Dec 2011

 

[GraceG]

Just looked at this LinkedIn account -- not his, as it says he was awarded his master's in 2010.

University of North Texas
Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Aug 2010 - Dec 2011

Thank you! I couldn't see the whole profile not being a member which was why I wasn't sure.