Overview

Last known contact: March 14, 2022
Last known location: Anchorage, Alaska
Age when missing: 31
Missing from: Anchorage after traveling by airplane from Kenai, Alaska
Investigating agency: Anchorage Police Department
NamUs: MP90507
APD case: 22-9845

Hagen traveled by airplane from Kenai to Anchorage on March 14. Police subsequently confirmed that he did arrive in Anchorage, but his family has not had contact with him since that date. Attempts by authorities to locate him were unsuccessful, and no publicly confirmed account explains where he went after arriving in Anchorage.

Detailed Case Breakdown

Jan Sterling Hagen Missing in Alaska: What Happened After His Flight to Anchorage?

Jan Sterling Hagen was 31 years old when he disappeared after traveling from Kenai to Anchorage, Alaska, on March 14, 2022. More than four years later, his whereabouts remain publicly unresolved, and his case continues to appear in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System under NamUs case MP90507.

The circumstances surrounding Hagen’s disappearance are unusually limited. Authorities know he boarded a flight from Kenai and reached Anchorage, but what happened after his arrival has never been publicly established. The Anchorage Police Department continues to provide its original missing-person notice and contact information for anyone who may know where Hagen went after reaching the city.

Brief Case Summary

Last known contact: March 14, 2022
Last known location: Anchorage, Alaska
Age when missing: 31
Missing from: Anchorage after traveling by airplane from Kenai, Alaska
Investigating agency: Anchorage Police Department
NamUs: MP90507
APD case: 22-9845

Hagen traveled by airplane from Kenai to Anchorage on March 14. Police subsequently confirmed that he did arrive in Anchorage, but his family has not had contact with him since that date. Attempts by authorities to locate him were unsuccessful, and no publicly confirmed account explains where he went after arriving in Anchorage.

Jan Hagen’s March 2022 Trip from Kenai to Anchorage

On March 14, 2022, Jan Sterling Hagen traveled by plane from Kenai, on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, to Anchorage. According to the Anchorage Police Department, investigators were able to verify that Hagen successfully arrived in Anchorage.

That confirmation is one of the most important facts in the case. Hagen did not simply fail to arrive at his intended destination. Police established that he made it to Anchorage before communication with his family stopped.

His family reported having no contact with him after March 14. Publicly released information does not identify a confirmed destination in Anchorage, a person he intended to meet, or another verified location he visited after arriving.

Anchorage Police Ask the Public for Help

By March 30, 2022, the Anchorage Police Department had issued a public missing-person notice asking for assistance locating Hagen.

Police described him as approximately 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. APD stated that its attempts to locate him had been unsuccessful.

The department assigned the investigation APD Case 22-9845. Other case indexes display the same agency case number in the expanded format 220009845.

What Is Known — and What Remains Unknown

The known sequence of events is short.

Hagen left Kenai by airplane. He reached Anchorage. His family subsequently lost contact with him.

What happened next has not been publicly established.

No publicly available law-enforcement release located for this case identifies a confirmed sighting after his arrival, explains where Hagen stayed in Anchorage, identifies someone who met him at the airport, or announces the discovery of his remains.

There is likewise no publicly released evidence establishing that Hagen was the victim of a homicide. He should therefore continue to be described as a missing person, rather than a homicide victim, unless law enforcement releases information changing that classification. His NamUs listing continues to identify him as missing from Anchorage with a last-contact date of March 14, 2022.

The Search for Jan “Yon” Hagen

Hagen has also been referred to online as Jan “Yon” Hagen. A Facebook group titled Seeking Jan “Yon” Hagen remains publicly searchable and continues to serve as an awareness resource connected with his disappearance.

Missing-person organizations and social-media users have continued recirculating Hagen’s information years after his disappearance. Missing People in America, for example, maintains a case page for Hagen and has shared his disappearance through Facebook.

These posts can help keep an older missing-person investigation visible, but information appearing in comments or community discussions should be distinguished from facts confirmed by investigators.

Latest Publicly Available Case Information

As of August 19, 2026, no publicly released law-enforcement announcement located during a review of available sources reports that Jan Sterling Hagen has been found or that his disappearance has been solved.

His NamUs record remains publicly available as MP90507, listing March 14, 2022, as his date of last contact in Anchorage.

A current Crime Solvers Central case record, updated August 10, 2026, also continues to list Hagen as missing and identifies the Anchorage Police Department as the primary investigating agency. That listing names Christina Roberts, Homicide Detective, as the agency contact and continues to display case number 220009845. A database update date by itself does not indicate that police have developed a new lead; no corresponding public APD announcement describing a new investigative development was located.

The Anchorage Police Department’s original public notice remains available and continues to request information concerning Hagen’s whereabouts.

Why Jan Hagen’s Disappearance Remains Difficult to Explain

The central mystery is the narrow gap between what authorities could verify and what they could not.

Police confirmed Hagen’s journey ended in Anchorage. That establishes a geographic starting point for the investigation but leaves unanswered what happened once he arrived.

Public information does not reveal whether investigators were able to reconstruct his movements after the flight through airport surveillance, telephone records, financial transactions, transportation records, interviews, or other investigative methods. The absence of publicly disclosed information should not be interpreted to mean those avenues were not investigated; law-enforcement agencies routinely withhold investigative material from public case summaries.

For Hagen’s family and those continuing to circulate his information, the fundamental question therefore remains the same: Where did Jan Sterling Hagen go after arriving in Anchorage on March 14, 2022?

How to Provide Information

Anyone with information about Hagen’s movements in Anchorage, people he may have contacted, places he intended to visit, or his whereabouts after March 14, 2022, can contact the Anchorage Police Department at 907-786-8900. APD’s original notice also directs callers in Anchorage to Police Dispatch through 3-1-1, option 1.

Even information that appeared insignificant at the time could potentially help investigators reconstruct Hagen’s activities after his confirmed arrival in Anchorage.