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Frank Rodman Missing Person Case

Last seen in Kodiak, Alaska on Dec 11, 1974

Victim Details

Sep 08, 2015

Jul 30, 2024

Frank

Rodman

76

25

70 inches

71 inches

185 lbs

190 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Dec 11, 1974

Kodiak

Alaska

Kodiak Island Borough

No

17162

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

C74018914

1974-12-11

Alaska State Troopers

Black

Brown

Brown

09/01/2026


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On December 11, 1974, a date that would be etched in the memory of the Kodiak community, 25-year-old Alaska State Trooper Frank Rodman was lost in the cold waters of the North Pacific. He was on a commercial flight, a Kodiak Western Airlines Grumman Goose seaplane, that tragically went down near Cape Chiniak, just off Kodiak Island. The aircraft was only minutes from its scheduled landing in Kodiak when it inexplicably crashed into Chiniak Bay. Traveling with Trooper Rodman were fellow Trooper L ...
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Last Seen: Dec 11, 1974

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