Independent Detective Case File

Jon Daniel Tuluk

Missing

Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Case Number #525
Date of Incident January 15, 2026
Age 24 DOB: 09/02/2001 Approx. age today: 25
Type of Case Missing
Case Entry August 28, 2026
Last Updated August 27, 2026
Overview

Name: Jon Daniel Tuluk; the Alaska Department of Public Safety record located for this case lists him as Jon Tuluk.

Date Last Contacted: January 15, 2026

Last Known Location: Anchorage, Alaska

Date of Birth: September 2, 2001

Age When Reported Missing: 24

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Alaska Native / American Indian

Investigating Agency: Anchorage Police Department

Circumstances Classification: Not Suspicious

Current Publicly Documented Status: Jon Tuluk was included in Alaska’s 2026 first-quarter report of missing Alaska Native, American Indian and other qualifying missing persons. No publicly released resolution or detailed explanation for his disappearance was located in the sources reviewed.


Jon Daniel Tuluk Missing Person Case: Anchorage, Alaska — 2026

Brief Case Summary

Name: Jon Daniel Tuluk; the Alaska Department of Public Safety record located for this case lists him as Jon Tuluk.

Date Last Contacted: January 15, 2026

Last Known Location: Anchorage, Alaska

Date of Birth: September 2, 2001

Age When Reported Missing: 24

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Alaska Native / American Indian

Investigating Agency: Anchorage Police Department

Circumstances Classification: Not Suspicious

Current Publicly Documented Status: Jon Tuluk was included in Alaska’s 2026 first-quarter report of missing Alaska Native, American Indian and other qualifying missing persons. No publicly released resolution or detailed explanation for his disappearance was located in the sources reviewed.


Jon Tuluk Disappears in Anchorage, Alaska

Twenty-four-year-old Jon Tuluk was reported missing in Anchorage, Alaska, after his last documented contact on January 15, 2026.

According to the Alaska Department of Public Safety’s 2026 first-quarter report concerning missing Alaska Native and American Indian people, Tuluk was born on September 2, 2001, is male, and is identified as Alaska Native/American Indian. The Anchorage Police Department is listed as the agency associated with his missing-person case.

The state report classifies the circumstances surrounding Tuluk’s disappearance as “Not Suspicious.” That classification is important because the publicly available information does not identify his disappearance as a homicide, suspected abduction or other known criminal event.


What Happened to Jon Tuluk?

Very little information about the circumstances immediately preceding Tuluk’s disappearance has been made public.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety report establishes that his last-contact date was January 15, 2026, and identifies Anchorage as the city connected to his case. However, the report does not provide a specific street address, neighborhood, business, residence or other precise location where Tuluk was last seen.

It also does not publicly describe who last saw or spoke with him, what he was doing before contact was lost, what clothing he was wearing, whether he had a vehicle, or whether investigators identified a possible direction of travel.

Because those details have not been established in the publicly available official information reviewed for this article, they should not be inferred or filled in through speculation.


Why the Case Appears in Alaska’s Missing Indigenous Persons Reporting

Jon Tuluk’s case appears in the Alaska Department of Public Safety’s Quarterly Missing Indigenous Persons Report for the first quarter of 2026.

The report covers missing-person cases involving Alaska Native, American Indian and individuals of unknown race during the reporting period from January 1 through March 31, 2026.

Tuluk’s entry identifies Anchorage Police as the associated agency and records January 15, 2026, as his date of last contact.


Latest Publicly Available Information on the Investigation

The most recent case-specific official information located during research for this article is Tuluk’s inclusion in Alaska’s 2026 first-quarter Missing Indigenous Persons Report, published by the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

That report continued to document Tuluk as a missing person and classified the circumstances as not suspicious.

No later publicly accessible police announcement located during this research provided an explanation for his disappearance, announced an arrest, identified a suspect, described evidence of foul play, or stated that Tuluk’s disappearance had become a homicide investigation.

Likewise, no confirmed public announcement located in the reviewed sources stated that Tuluk had been found.

This does not mean investigators have no additional information. Missing-person investigations can contain information that law enforcement does not release publicly, and not every missing-person case receives a detailed public bulletin or continuing news coverage.


What Is Known — and What Remains Unknown

The confirmed public record establishes several basic facts: Jon Tuluk was 24 years old when he disappeared, his date of birth is September 2, 2001, his last documented contact occurred January 15, 2026, the case is associated with Anchorage, and Anchorage Police is the investigating agency.

The circumstances were officially categorized as not suspicious in the state’s first-quarter report.

What remains publicly unexplained is considerably broader. Available official information does not specify Tuluk’s exact last-known location, the identity of the last person known to have contact with him, his clothing, transportation, intended destination, or what caused family members or others to report him missing.

Those unanswered questions make even apparently routine information potentially important to investigators.


How to Provide Information

Anyone who believes they have reliable information concerning Jon Tuluk’s whereabouts should contact law enforcement rather than attempting to investigate the case independently.

The Anchorage Police Department’s main/non-emergency number is 907-786-8900. Anchorage residents can also use 3-1-1 for non-emergency police dispatch.

Alaska’s Missing Persons Clearinghouse can be contacted at 907-269-5038. The Clearinghouse, which operates through the Alaska Bureau of Investigation, maintains Alaska’s central repository of reported missing-person information and works with law-enforcement agencies and national missing-person databases.

Information that may initially appear insignificant — including a confirmed sighting, communication, transportation information or knowledge of someone’s intended destination — can help investigators reconstruct a missing person’s movements.


The Search for Answers

Jon Tuluk’s disappearance is one of the Alaska missing-person cases documented during 2026. The limited amount of information released publicly means many fundamental questions about January 15 remain unanswered.

For now, the established public record is concise: Jon Tuluk, 24, was last contacted January 15, 2026, in a case associated with Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage Police is the investigating agency, and the circumstances were classified by the state as not suspicious.

Until authorities release additional information or confirm that he has been located, information about what happened after his last documented contact should be treated cautiously and distinguished from verified facts.

Contact / ReferenceInformation
Anchorage Police Department907-786-8900
Anchorage Police Non-Emergency3-1-1
Alaska Missing Persons Clearinghouse907-269-5038
Investigating AgencyAnchorage Police Department (APD)
DateDevelopment
September 2, 2001Jon Tuluk’s date of birth, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety report.
January 15, 2026Tuluk’s documented date of last contact. Anchorage is the city associated with his missing-person entry.
January–March 2026His case falls within the reporting period covered by Alaska’s 2026 Q1 Missing Indigenous Persons Report.
2026 Q1 ReportAlaska DPS lists Jon Tuluk, age 24, as a missing Alaska Native/American Indian male. Anchorage Police Department is identified as the agency and the circumstances are classified Not Suspicious.
Latest information locatedNo subsequent public announcement located during this research confirms that Tuluk has been found, identifies a suspect, announces an arrest, or reclassifies the disappearance as suspicious or a homicide.

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Anchorage, Alaska

On January 15, 2026

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