Missing
Rachel Jayanne Lakoduk
Lakoduk, approximately 2019; Mole under Lakoduk's eye; Lakoduk's backpack and gear
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/17/2019
Missing location (approx) :
Marblemount, Washington
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 10/17/1991 (29)
Age at the time of disappearance: 28 years old
Height / Weight : 5'4, 130 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A long-sleeved shirt over a NASA tank top and shorts over thermal tights. Carrying a green hiking backpack and overnight camping supplies, including a purple sleeping bag, an orange sleeping pad and blue Bagail hiking poles. Photos of Lakoduk's backpack and some of her supplies are posted with this case summary.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Red hair, brown eyes. Lakoduk's hair was very long, close to waist-length, at the time of her disappearance. She has a mole mark on the bottom of her left eyelid; a photo of it is posted with this case summary.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Lakoduk was last seen in Marblemount, Washington on October 17, 2019, her twenty-eighth birthday. She went on Hidden Lake Trail, intending to hike seven miles to a popular lookout cabin, spend the night there and return the next day. She never returned from her hike and has never been heard from again. Her vehicle was left parked at the trailhead.
Authorities initially believed Lakoduk had reached the lookout cabin, which was in the North Cascades at 6,800 feet elevation, and become snowed in. Heavy fog, rain and snow hindered search efforts, and due to safety concerns, the rescue team had to turn back twice while trying to reach the cabin. When they eventually arrived on October 22, Lakoduk wasn't there and there were no indications that she had made it there at all. An extensive search, lasting a week, turned up no indication of her whereabouts.
Her case remains unsolved. She is presumed to have died in some mishap in the wilderness.
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