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Free Press 101: How we practise journalism.She would be 35 years old today.Īnyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Florence Okpealuk is asked to call the Nome Police Department at 90 and reference case number 20-010717. It is unknown what she was last seen wearing and which direction she was headed in after she left the tent on that beach. And if somebody had done something to her, I would like justice.”įlorence is 5’2” and 142 lbs., with black hair and black eyes. “But I would like to give her a proper burial. “I’m afraid to know what happened to her and how it happened,” Alexandria said. Nome PD said they conducted a search with cadaver dogs within the past month. According to Nome PD, search efforts have included mini-submarines, helicopters, and private citizens. Coast Guard have all conducted searches for Florence. Over the course of the investigation, the Nome Police Department, FBI, Alaska State Troopers, the Nome Volunteer Fire Department Search and Rescue Team, and the U.S. She remembers her mom very well, you know? They were very close. “And we talk good things to her about her mom like what her mom used to be and what her mom used to be like. She puts away food with my mom,” Blaire said. “We do things that her mom still used to do. Florence’s daughter, who just turned 9, is currently living with her father. She also described her sister as a wonderful mother, who enjoyed passing on Native Alaska traditions to her daughter, like salmonberry picking and subsistence living. Blaire told Dateline her sister was a great cook and could make anything from scratch. Florence took care of her family and always made sure everyone else was OK. “She got right to the point with everything and when she needed to get something done, she would do it,” Blaire said.
The Nome Police Department told Dateline they cannot comment on the details of the case at this time as the investigation is still ongoing.Īccording to Blaire, Florence was a very direct and honest person. Over the course of the last two years, the Nome Police Department has enlisted the help of several agencies, including the Alaska State Troopers and the FBI. Blaire said she looked for Florence from daylight until dark and continued searching the beach for eight months. Blaire also told Dateline that she was given Florence’s shoes, socks, and jacket. She said a witness told her that he saw Florence leaving a tent at 4:00 p.m. Florence, the second youngest in a family of six children, was known as “Flo” to her friends and “Baby Florry” to her family.īlaire said she and one of her brothers began their own investigation, going door-to-door at each tent asking if anyone had seen Florence Blaire Okpealukīlaire told Dateline that she and Florence are from an Alaska Native village 100 miles northwest of Nome called Wales. The Nome Police Department says Florence was reported missing on August 31, 2020, at 6:15 p.m. When a whole day passed without hearing from her, Blaire and Alex said they began to worry. Florence’s younger sister, Alexandria Okpealuk, said it was unlike her to disappear or not answer her phone. On August 31, 2020, 33-year-old Florence Okpealuk was last seen on West Beach in Nome, Alaska at about 4:00 p.m. And I believe we need justice - because something had happened to her.” “Her daughter’s growing up without a mom. “It has had a hard impact on my family emotionally, mentally, physically,” Blaire told Dateline. It has been more than two years since Blaire last saw her sister and to this day, she is still looking for answers. Her missing poster can be seen all around the city.
Over the course of Dateline’s reporting in Nome, we learned more about Florence’s case.
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