A human skull found in a remote Alaskan river valley in 1997 has been genetically linked to a New York man who was likely killed by a bear 20 years earlier, Alaska State Troopers say. The remains were ...

Gary Frank Sotherden went missing in 1976 while on a hunting trip near the Porcupine River in northeastern Alaska Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working ...

Brewerton, N.Y. — Nearly 50 years ago, Gary Frank Sotherden disappeared while trapping in a remote area of Alaska. His loved ones back in Central New York never knew for sure what happened to the ...

Snow-covered hills in the Porcupine River Tundra in the Yukon Territories, Canada. In July 1997, a hunter contacted troopers in Fairbanks, Alaska, and reported finding a human skull along the ...

The Alaska State Troopers have already identified the remains found in 1997 near the Alaska and Canada border, where a hunter found a skull near the Porcupine River. This answers the nearly ...

In 1976, Gary Frank Sotherden’s appetite for adventure and the outdoors led him to the Arctic Circle, where he and a friend planned to walk on opposite sides of the Porcupine River in northeastern ...

Sep. 25—A 28-year-old Palmer woman died Tuesday after the Cessna 206 she was flying crashed on the Porcupine River, authorities say. Alaska State Troopers on Wednesday identified the pilot as Hannah ...