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Media reports that Dwight Florin (MP #67237) and Kaino Dixon were crewmen on the fishing vessel, Cougar. They left the Cougar in a 12' aluminum fishing skiff, Dawn, late on Thursday, 11/12/1981 to hunt on Kodiak Island. The men apparently were stranded by increasingly bad weather which churned up to 6-8' breakers near the beach. As night fell, they flashed an SOS to the Cougar and later fired a distress flare. Then later, they fired a non-distress flare. Crewmen from the fishing vessel ...Read More
Last Seen: Nov 12, 1981
Last Seen: Nov 12, 1981
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Mar 17, 2020
Jan 11, 2024
Kaino
Dixon
67
24
76 inches
235 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
Nov 12, 1981
Kodiak
Alaska
Kodiak Island Borough
No
355
77798
Alaska State Troopers
Anchorage
Alaska
Anchorage Borough
99507
Malia Miller
Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager
5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska
9072695511
State
Law Enforcement
C8111601
Alaska State Troopers
Brown
Brown
Brown
11/24/2025
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Forum Posts (3)
Has anyone looked into the type of flares used during the incident with Dwight Florin and Kaino Dixo... ...Read More
04/12/2024
04/12/2024
I came across an interesting detail while reading about the Dwight Florin and Kaino Dixon case. Did ... ...Read More
08/02/2023
08/02/2023
I've been following the case of Dwight Florin and Kaino Dixon from the Cougar, and there's something... ...Read More
02/03/2023
02/03/2023
