Missing Person / NamUs #MP56437
Phillip Edward Crossan, Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact: May 12, 1980
Missing From: Iniskin Bay, Alaska
Missing Age: 49 Years
Circumstances of Disappearance: Victim departed a base hunting camp at Iniskin Bay in a 14-foot skiff to attempt to pick up two stranded hunters. A witness observed him enter a channel in the main part of Iniskin Bay having trouble fighting the tide and observed him go out of sight towards Cook Inlet. On 05/13/1980, the skiff was discovered west of shore, approximately six miles into Iniskin Bay and there was no sign of Crossan. Despite numerous search efforts, he was never located.
Phillip Edward Crossan, Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact: May 12, 1980
Missing From: Iniskin Bay, Alaska
Missing Age: 49 Years
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Circumstances of Disappearance: Victim departed a base hunting camp at Iniskin Bay in a 14-foot skiff to attempt to pick up two stranded hunters. A witness observed him enter a channel in the main part of Iniskin Bay having trouble fighting the tide and observed him go out of sight towards Cook Inlet. On 05/13/1980, the skiff was discovered west of shore, approximately six miles into Iniskin Bay and there was no sign of Crossan. Despite numerous search efforts, he was never located.