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Apr 05, 2014
Jan 12, 2024
Clark
Bannister
70
53
74 inches
200 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
On the day before Christmas in 2007, the life of 53-year-old Clark Dale Bannister took an unknown turn from which he has not yet returned. In the coastal city of Westport, Washington, a place defined by the ebb and flow of the tide and the hard work of its fishing community, Clark was finishing a stint on a crab boat that had just come into port. While the rest of the crew disembarked to begin their holiday, Clark stayed behind on the vessel. He was spotted later, making his way back toward the boat after having been at a bar. This brief sighting would become the last known trace of the man with brown hair, blue eyes, and distinctive tattoos on both of his shoulders. As Christmas Day came and went with no sign of Clark, concern began to mount among his family and friends. The initial hope that he had simply sought solitude or made an unannounced trip quickly faded. An investigation was launched, but the circumstances of his disappearance offered few clues. His toilet kit was found aboard the boat, suggesting he had not planned to be gone for long. Investigators found no evidence of foul play, and a search of his financial records revealed that his bank accounts had remained untouched since he was last seen. The days turned into an agonizing stretch of weeks, months, and now years, with no communication from him and no leads to follow. The passage of time has done little to heal the wounds of uncertainty for Clark Bannister's loved ones, with some family members coming to believe he must be deceased. His case is classified as an endangered missing person, a formal recognition of the troubling ambiguity surrounding his fate. The Westport Police Department continues to hold the case file, a silent reminder of a life interrupted. The overview of this case is one of a man intertwined with the sea, who, after a brief moment of reprieve on land, seemingly vanished into thin air. His disappearance is a somber narrative, a story without an ending, leaving a family to wonder and a small coastal community to remember the man who was last seen walking back to his boat on a quiet Christmas Eve.
Dec 24, 2007
Westport
Washington
Grays Harbor County
No
23141
Westport Police Department
Westport
Washington
Grays Harbor County
98595
740 North Montesano Street, Washington
3602689197
Local
Law Enforcement
07-822
Westport Police Department
Brown
Blue
Blue
06/15/2026
