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Joseph Balderas Missing Person Case

Last seen in Nome, Alaska on Jun 26, 2016

Victim Details

Sep 03, 2016

Jan 12, 2024

Joseph

Balderas

46

36

73 inches

185 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jun 26, 2016

Nome

Alaska

Nome Census Area

No

25135

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

AK16046211

2016-06-27

Alaska State Troopers

Black

Brown

Brown

08/20/2026


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In the summer of 2016, a 36-year-old law clerk named Joseph Balderas vanished without a trace from the remote town of Nome, Alaska. He was last seen on June 24, 2016, after leaving his job at the Nome Second District Court. An avid outdoorsman who had moved to Alaska from Texas two years prior, Joseph had embraced the Alaskan lifestyle, often going hiking, fishing, and running. Concerns for his welfare grew when he failed to report for work on Monday, June 27th, and his fiancée was unable ...
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