Missing
Dennis Billy Westlock
Westlock, approximately 2018
Date and time person was reported missing : 06/13/2018
Missing location (approx) :
Emmonak, Alaska
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
Native American
DOB : 12/29/1994 (26)
Age at the time of disappearance: 23 years old
Height / Weight : 5'8, 150 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A gray sweater with gold stars in the shape of the Big Dipper constellation, blue jeans, lightweight bright orange rain pants, and Xtratuf boots.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Native American male. Black hair, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Westlock was last seen boating on the Yukon River near Emmonak, Alaska on June 13, 2018. The boat hit a submerged log and capsized, and Westlock and a friend were both thrown into the water. Westlock was not wearing a life jacket. His friend was rescued by another boater and survived after being treated for hypothermia, but Westlock disappeared in the water and is presumed drowned.
Westlock graduated from Emmonak School in 2013, and worked as a processor at a fish plant afterwards. During the off season he lived a subsistence lifestyle, trapping, logging, hunting, fishing and gathering berries. His body has never been found.
Other information and links : ncy
Alaska State Troopers
907-269-5511
September 2021 updates and sources
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