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Ian Beer Missing Person Case

Last seen in Kenai, Alaska on Jul 28, 2006

Victim Details

Dec 16, 2016

Mar 13, 2024

Ian

Beer

61

41

72 inches

185 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jul 28, 2006

Kenai

Alaska

Kenai Peninsula Borough

No

19177

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

060067396

2006-07-29

Alaska State Troopers

Brown

Blue

Blue

09/04/2026


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On July 28, 2006, a sense of routine turned into an enduring mystery when 41-year-old Ian Beer, along with two other pilots, vanished into the Alaskan sky. The men had departed from Kenai, Alaska, in a blue and white, four-seat Aero Commander plane, embarking on a 65-mile flight to Anchorage that they would never complete. Beer, an experienced pilot from Port Orchard, Washington, was joined by Ralph Aiken of East Wenatchee, Washington, and Ricky Posusta of Boise, Idaho. The flight was intended a ...
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