AK AK- Richard Elmer Hasbell, 34, Denali National Park, 7 Aug 2005

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Missing Age 34 Years
Current Age 54 Years
Legal First Name Richard
Middle Name Elmer
Legal Last Name Hasbell
Chosen Name/Nickname/Alias Atsbell

Biological Sex Male
Height 6' 0" (72 Inches)
Weight 195 lbs
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian

Circumstances​

Date of Last Contact August 7, 2005
NamUs Case Created March 17, 2020

Last Known Location​

Location Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
County Denali Borough
Missing From Tribal Land No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land No

Circumstances of Disappearance Richard went missing from camp in the Denali Park area.

Physical Description​

Hair Color Blond/Strawberry
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye Color Blue
Right Eye Color Blue

Richard Hasbell

<<A shy, mentally disabled man who dealt with his illness by taking strenuous hikes and bike rides has disappeared into the backcountry of Denali National Park, baffling his brother in Anchorage and searchers in the field.

Richard Hasbell, 34, remained missing Wednesday despite an air and ground search of the rugged country near his abandoned campsite about five miles northeast of Wonder Lake, near the top of an unnamed 4,002-foot peak.

Hasbell began the trip July 10 without telling his brother but stating on his park registration form that he'd be out by July 18, according to the National Park Service. His tent was spotted Friday, and a search launched this week.

Both the trip and the disappearance alarmed his brother, who lives in the same apartment building off C Street south of the Delaney Park Strip. Though Hasbell would be out of touch for weeks at a time, he had never gone alone into the wilderness before, his brother Joey Hasbell said.>>

<<Hasbell was last seen by family on July 4. How he traveled from Anchorage to the park is not clear. But park records showed that he applied for a backcountry permit and took the park shuttle bus to the Wonder Lake area on July 10.

His registration form stated that he would return eight days later.

On Friday, a pilot with Kantishna Air Taxi spotted a tent that appeared to be abandoned on the peak, according to park spokeswoman Kris Fister.

Park Service officials were responding to a fatal plane accident that day, but a check of backcountry records Saturday showed that Hasbell had registered for a trip into the area near the tent and had never returned his bear-resistant food canister as scheduled.>>

<<The tent was new, an inexpensive type sold by department stores, and the backpack was an older frame model, Fister said. The bear canister contained food that didn't need to be cooked, such as a jar of peanut butter and some bread. It had been used but wasn't depleted.

Rangers recovered a journal and were transcribing it Wednesday for clues into Hasbell's plans, Fister said. The last entry was dated July 17>>

<<Hasbell said his brother had suffered from schizophrenia for years, sometimes hearing voices and getting overcome with feelings of paranoia.

"He's in excellent shape," Joey Hasbell said. "Before he got his bicycle, he would take his other backpack and throw 50-pound dumbbells in there and walk all day, just keep moving.">>