Missing Person: Julia Ann Stettinger in Kodiak, Alaska

Missing Person: Julia Ann Stettinger

Details from a government source (paraphrased):

Julia Stettinger was last seen on Wednesday, August 7th, 1985, 55 miles northwest of Cold Bay in Kodiak, Alaska, after a boating accident on the fishing vessel Sea Dancer. She is presumed deceased.

Last contact: Wednesday, August 7th, 1985
Last location: Kodiak, Alaska - 55 miles northwest of Cold Bay
Age when Julia Stettinger disappeared: 41
DOB: Between August 8th, 1943, and August 7th, 1944
Sex: Female
Height in inches: 66
Weight in pounds (lbs): 130
BMI: 21.0 - Healthy weight (calculated to help picture what Julia Stettinger might have looked like)
Ethnicity: American Indian / Alaska Native
Hair color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinctive Features: No information entered
Link to Government Source: NamUs MP66571 (right-click to open)

Clothing Worn When Last Seen

Item	Description	Details	Source
Survival Suit	Worn during boating accident	Possibly had a rifle strapped to the suit	NamUs

Unraveling the Mystery: Key Insights and Updates

By: Shane Lambert
Original time of writing: August 21st, 2025

I will say from the start, I don't think this is a case that amateurs should be working on. She appears to be lost at sea and quite often when someone is lost at sea, they are lost for all time. The only thing I would keep in mind is that her suit might have had some endurability as it was a survival suit.

I did find a legal notification in The Anchorage Times from December 15th, 1985. It didn't hold back at all when it came to her fate but explicitly called her deceased. Oftentimes in the legal notifications in the classifieds, they will state "Presumed Deceased" or something of that nature. But in the case of Julia Stettinger, it's very clear that the authorities considered her dead just four months after her accident (in other cases, people aren't considered dead for years).

Daniel Kaiser-Küblböck -- Missing at Sea Since September 2018

Author: Shane Lambert

Original Time of Writing: January 12th, 2021

Tue, Sep 11, 2018 – A12 · The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Missing person: Daniel Kaiser-Küblböck

Last-seen date: September 9th, 2018 at about 5AM in the morning
Last-seen location: Off the coast of Canada while on a cruise ship

Ethnicity/Race: Caucasian, a German national
Sex: Male
Age at time of disappearance: 33 years old
Hair: Brown
Eye color: Brown

Daniel Kaiser-Küblböck went missing after jumping overboard from a cruise ship early in the morning of September 9th, 2018. This happened at sea with the closest country being Canada. 

The Canadian authorities executed a search for the German pop singer, however, they were not able to locate him. It's unlikely that he would have survived very long in the water, even if he was intact enough to swim after jumping from the cruise ship into the sea. The search focused on a nautical area about 200 kilometers north of St. John's. It was ended on September 11th, 2018.

Ocean currents are very difficult for experts to predict. Those that try will usually work with averages.  If you took two identical objects and placed them side-by-side in a sea or ocean then they would drift apart immediately and, if they went to shore, then they could still be very far apart. There is simply no telling where any of the missing person's remains might have ended up. Like a lot of missing person's cases that involve being lost at sea, this isn't one that Websleuths or amateurs should be devoting much attention to.

In fact, there are missing person's cases where the people went into the water due to a wave that encroached the shoreline. In one case, two people who are missing for nearly 20 years were 'lost at sea' when they were at a well-known beach. If people who get lost at sea from a beachside last-known location can't be traced, then it's super-futile to try and trace someone who is lost to the ocean hundreds of kilometers from civilization. It will take incredibly luck for this person's remains to be found, not investigating skill.

Adam Christopher Patterson Missing Person Case Details - NamUs #MP42783

By: Shane Lambert
Original time of writing: March 27th, 2018

Adam Christopher Patterson was new to NamUs at the time of writing. However, he has been missing for about 2.5 years as of the publication date. Furthermore, several years have passed since I originally published this blog post. Adam Patterson will soon have been missing for ten years. In the embedded picture below, readers will find his case details.

This is someone who could be lost at sea. The missing person poster above states that the Maine Marine Patrol could be contacted with information. He is missing from Portland, Maine and is believed to have taken a water taxi (he was a licensed captain) out to sea. The boat was later located washed up on a beach in Kennebunk."

The over land distance using highway travel from Portland to Kennebunk is just under 30 miles. Perhaps the nautical displacement or distance traveled is more relevant though. The beach that the boat washed up on was called Parson's Beach as per news coverage from late 2015.

Patterson's last-seen time as per NamUs is November 10th, 2015. However, the news source above says he spoke to his wife at 1:30am on November 11th, 2015 over the phone. Security footage shows Patterson leaving the dock at 3:30am.

Commentary

The authorities believe Patterson to be dead based on weather conditions and the condition of the boat. Lost at sea could actually mean lost for all time. This could be a futile case for online researchers to try and find a clue in. It seems that there is a working idea of what happened to him.

I would think that if he were found, then it would be skeletal remains that others, beside online researchers, would work on. That said, there's no harm in cross-referencing his details against unidentified John Does from time to time.

Adam Christopher Patterson: Detailed NamUs Case Summary

Category	Details
Case Number	NamUs #MP42783
Full Name	Adam Christopher Patterson
Biological Sex	Male
Race / Ethnicity	White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact	November 10, 2015
Missing From	Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Missing Age	30 Years
Current Age	40 Years (as of March 29, 2025)
NamUs Case Created	March 26, 2018
Height	5' 8" (68 inches)
Weight	145 lbs
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Blue (both left and right)
Distinctive Features	Circular scar on back, scar on right cheek
Circumstances	Believed to have taken a water taxi (licensed captain) out to sea; boat later found washed up on a beach in Kennebunk