{"id":19750,"date":"2017-04-11T03:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/where-is-christopher-orcutt\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T03:40:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T10:40:00","slug":"where-is-christopher-orcutt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/where-is-christopher-orcutt\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Christopher Orcutt?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christopher Orcutt\u2019s family just wants answers.<\/p>\n

His sister, Liddie-Marie Armstrong, and mother, Dawn Rasmussen, flew in from Washington and have spent the better part of a week canvassing Juneau and seeking information about Orcutt, last seen downtown on Aug. 25, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been hard,\u201d Armstrong said Monday, during a brief rest stop at Heritage Coffee. \u201cI have a lot of unanswered questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was the first opportunity his family members had to actively search for him in person, and they spent multiple days handing out fliers to everyone they met, and putting them up in storefront windows.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe covered the whole downtown area, Mendenhall, Duck Creek,\u201d Armstrong said. \u201cWe talked to a lot of his friends, we talked to the woman he last lived with. We heard lots of different stories. He had mentioned to a lot of people that he was planning to go to Bellingham \u2014 but how would he have gotten there? There\u2019s no record of him going there.\u201d<\/p>\n

One theory floating around is that Orcutt stowed away in the trunk of a car on the ferry, Armstrong said, adding that she does plan to expand her search for him to the Bellingham area.<\/p>\n

Her brother also told quite a few people he was going on a spiritual journey, she said.<\/p>\n

Orcutt, 22, was last seen after leaving a party at an apartment over a downtown store; he reportedly was intoxicated and forgot several of his clothing layers and his cellphone.<\/p>\n

Almost a week later, the host of the party told Juneau Police Department officers <\/a>Orcutt had not returned for his belongings, which prompted her to report him missing.<\/p>\n

The last verified sighting of Orcutt, said JPD Lt. Kris Sell, was when he had a conversation with someone taking out the garbage at Tracy\u2019s King Crab Shack, in the 400 block of South Franklin Street, the night of Aug. 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that, we just don\u2019t know,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Sell met with Armstrong and Rasmussen to show them where Orcutt went missing and other areas that were searched, saying, \u201cI walked them through the last steps we knew of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three weeks after Orcutt\u2019s disappearance, two JPD police officers guided four dog teams from SouthEast Alaska Dogs Organized for Ground Search (SEADOGS) over the Thane Campground area, but the search came up empty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saturated the area where we believed him to have been, out on Thane,\u201d Sell said, adding that police were told he was camping out there but they did not locate his campsite. \u201cThere have been no good leads since then.\u201d<\/p>\n

In mid-September, a video was released by JPD<\/a> that showed a man on camera at 2:30 a.m. outside the Parkshore Condominiums, 800 F St. In the video, a person is seen riding up on a bicycle and stopping near two other parked bicycles. That lead, like so many others, did not pan out.<\/p>\n

A contact that Armstrong made forwarded her photos of a man that she believes is her brother with an unidentified woman, seen eating at the Valley Restaurant on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never found those two people,\u201d Sell said of the photo, cautioning that her department was not able to verify the man was Orcutt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the family is in a tough spot,\u201d Sell said. \u201cIt could be him. \u2026 It\u2019s sheer speculation (at this point) but we\u2019re keeping all options open; we have\u2019t ruled out any possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if someone recognizes the couple in the photo and someone other than Orcutt is identified, that would still be helpful, she said.<\/p>\n

Orcutt\u2019s family last heard from him a week before his disappearance, when he talked to Rasmussen on the phone. They remain convinced he is still alive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he\u2019s not dead, he loved life too much to kill himself,\u201d Armstrong said. \u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t know what to do. I feel frustrated because people know where he is and aren\u2019t saying anything. What if it was their kid?\u201d<\/p>\n

Orcutt had been upset with family members, but Armstrong hopes that would not keep him out of contact.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want him to know, there are a lot of health problems with the family, we just need him to call and let us know he\u2019s OK,\u201d she said. \u201cI understand if he\u2019s mad at us. We just want to know he\u2019s alive. We don\u2019t even need to know where he\u2019s at, just that he\u2019s OK. Just pick up a phone and say \u2018I\u2019m alive,\u2019 or email someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rasmussen, who describes her son as \u201ceverything a mom would want,\u201d added softly, \u201cI want him home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orcutt is described as being a 5-foot-11, weighing approximately 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing an orange-red button up shirt with grey jeans. A reward is being offered and anyone with information can call JPD at 586-0600, Armstrong at (425) 791-5533 or Rasmussen at (360) 202-6533.<\/p>\n

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Contact reporter Liz Kellar at 523-2246 or liz.kellar@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n

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