Allen Walter Jimmy -- Missing in Alaska Since 1985

Details from NamUs**: 

Allen was last seen operating a boat which was found capsized on the Kuskokwim river up river from Napakiak.

Missing Person: Allen Walter Jimmy
Last-contact date: August 23rd, 1985
The area where the MP was last seen: Napakiak, Alaska
Link to government source: NamUs #MP6628

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Alaska Native
Sex: Male
Age at time of disappearance: 21 years old
Birthdate: between August 24th, 1963 and August 23rd, 1964

• I'm not sure of the exact birthdate for Allen Walter Jimmy but a date range can be calculated using his age at the time of the disappearance.

Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Scar: None listed at NamUs
Height/weight: 5-foot-4 and 130 pounds
BMI*: Allen Walter Jimmy was in the normal range for BMI.

• Please, Google-search BMI if you aren't familiar with the phrase. I think it's an important tool to be aware of when working on missing person cases.

No photo: This missing person's profile did not have a photo included at NamUs. I will attempt to look for one but if a photo can't be found, then please rely on BMI, height, weight, ethnicity, and other physical features to describe or picture the person. When a missing person doesn't have a photo, researchers can try to find a photo at Ancestry.com or at Newspapers.com.

Tattoos: Allen Walter Jimmy did not have any tattoos associated with his profiles. If you know this to be a mistake, then please contact this site.

Allen Walter Jimmy was last heard from on August 23rd, 1985, when he was 21 years of age. This individual has now been missing for 36 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.

What stands out with this case, is that the boat that he was last seen in was found capsized. Furthermore, his clothing description would suggest that he wasn't wearing a lifejacket.

Allen Walter Jimmy may have had the following articles when he disappeared: blue jacket, "non-floatation" vest, blue jeans, and black rubber boots. The NamUs description seemed to make a point to stress that his vest wasn't a life preserver. Furthermore, I think rubber boots would inhibit swimming and thus be a strong handicap if he did fall into the river

When it comes to missing people, clothing can be very important. Clothes and items can be used to try and match a missing person to a John Doe.

I had trouble finding a news article on this disappearance in the newspaper.com database. Furthermore, I had trouble finding this individual in Ancestry profiles. Instead, I focused on the river that he was last seen in close proximity to, the Kuskokwim River. This is a river where numerous articles over the years have been published online in relation to the keyword "capsized."

In one article I read at thestar.com, a man's boat capsized in September 2018. He was on "the Kuskokwim River near the village of Napakiak" making it sound like a similar event to that of Allen Walter Jimmy's disappearance. The man involved in the 2018 disappearance was not found until June 2019.

However, it is not uncommon for individuals who fall into a river to go missing for several decades. I will note two other articles on this website that have to do with individuals falling into a river and, as of the time of publication, each remains unaccounted for despite the passage of several decades.

Thomas William Richey is believed to have fallen in a river in Oregon in 1950 and he remains missing. Duane Ludwig Winget fell in a river in 1962 in the state of Washington and he has not been accounted for yet. 

What exactly happens to someone when they fall into a river and remain missing for decades is something I want to research in the future. Obviously, hypothermia and drowning are going to be the causes of deaths in most cases but one question I have is do the individual's remains stay close to the accident scene, or can they travel over great distances?

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Author: Shane Lambert

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Shane Lambert is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of March 2021.

Website hashtag: #MPCSL

*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.
**Text might be paraphrased. If taken verbatim, then grammar or spelling errors are not necessarily corrected from original sources.
Disclaimer: Whenever possible, government sources are preferred for getting the details of a missing person's case. However, any source that the article writer deems reputable may be used.