Overview

Last seen: October 11, 2023, at approximately 2:30 p.m.
Location: Anchorage area, Alaska, at the Eklutna exit
Age when missing: 65
Status: Endangered missing person
NamUs: MP111593
Alaska State Troopers case: AK23109908

Keith Robert Creager was reportedly last seen during a traffic stop at the Eklutna exit while traveling to a Veterans Affairs hospital. According to published case information, police instructed him to park his truck and arrange for a friend to retrieve it. Creager has not been heard from since. The Alaska State Troopers remain identified as the primary investigating agency, and publicly available records continue to list him as missing.

Detailed Case Breakdown

Keith Robert Creager Missing Person Case: Disappearance After an October 2023 Traffic Stop in Anchorage, Alaska

Brief Case Summary

Last seen: October 11, 2023, at approximately 2:30 p.m.
Location: Anchorage area, Alaska, at the Eklutna exit
Age when missing: 65
Status: Endangered missing person
NamUs: MP111593
Alaska State Troopers case: AK23109908

Keith Robert Creager was reportedly last seen during a traffic stop at the Eklutna exit while traveling to a Veterans Affairs hospital. According to published case information, police instructed him to park his truck and arrange for a friend to retrieve it. Creager has not been heard from since. The Alaska State Troopers remain identified as the primary investigating agency, and publicly available records continue to list him as missing.

Keith Robert Creager Disappears in Alaska

Keith Robert Creager was 65 years old when he disappeared in the Anchorage, Alaska area on October 11, 2023. Creager is described as a white man who stood approximately 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed about 190 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He has particularly recognizable tattoos: full tattoo sleeves on both arms as well as tattoos on both ears.

Creager’s disappearance is classified as an endangered missing-person case. His date of birth is March 20, 1958, and NamUs currently lists his age at disappearance as 65. NamUs also records an alias of Ethan Lee Crager. Some secondary case profiles spell the alias surname differently.

The Last Known Encounter on October 11, 2023

The most significant known event before Creager vanished was a traffic stop at approximately 2:30 p.m. on October 11, 2023. Published case information states that Creager was stopped by the Anchorage Police Department at the Eklutna exit while he was reportedly on his way to a Veterans Affairs hospital.

According to The Charley Project’s account of the case, officers told Creager to park his truck and wait for a friend to come and retrieve it. What happened after that point has not been publicly established. Creager subsequently stopped communicating and has never been heard from again.

The traffic stop is therefore an important fixed point in the timeline: it provides a documented time and general location shortly before Creager disappeared, but publicly available records do not explain where he went afterward.

Keith Creager Is Reported Missing

Creager was formally reported missing on October 15, 2023, four days after his last known contact. The Alaska case number associated with the investigation is AK23109908.

Alaska’s current missing-person dataset continues to include Keith Creager under that case number, while the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System maintains his case as NamUs MP111593.

His NamUs profile was created on May 7, 2026. The continued presence of the case in current missing-person resources is significant because there has been no publicly announced recovery or resolution reflected in those records.

Identifying Features

Creager’s extensive tattoos could be particularly useful for identification. He has full sleeve tattoos covering both arms as well as tattoos on both ears. He is approximately 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed about 190 pounds when he disappeared. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

Public records also associate him with the alias Ethan Lee Crager. Anyone who encountered a man matching Creager’s description in the Anchorage or Eklutna area around October 11, 2023, may have information relevant to investigators.

Latest Publicly Available Investigation Information

As of August 19, 2026, no publicly released information located during a review of current official and established missing-person resources indicates that Keith Robert Creager has been found or that his disappearance has been resolved.

A Crime Solvers Central case record, which lists its most recent update as August 13, 2026, continues to identify Creager as missing and names the Alaska State Troopers as the primary investigating agency. That record gives the law-enforcement case number as AK23109908 and the original report date as October 15, 2023.

NamUs also maintains MP111593 for Keith Robert Creager, while Alaska’s current missing-person dataset continues to include Creager and case AK23109908. Together, these records indicate that the case remains unresolved in the publicly accessible databases reviewed.

There does not appear to be a publicly announced suspect, arrest, confirmed crime scene, confirmed homicide, or publicly disclosed explanation for Creager’s disappearance in the sources reviewed. His case should therefore be described as an endangered missing-person investigation, not a homicide case, unless authorities release evidence establishing otherwise.

Questions That Remain

The circumstances surrounding the hours immediately after the October 11 traffic stop remain the central unanswered part of Keith Creager’s disappearance. Public sources do not disclose where he went after being instructed to leave his truck parked, whether the friend expected to retrieve the vehicle arrived, or what subsequent investigative evidence may have been recovered.

There is also little publicly available information concerning phone activity, financial records, surveillance footage, searches, interviews, or other investigative steps. The absence of those details publicly does not necessarily mean investigators do not possess them; it means they have not been disclosed in the sources reviewed.

More than two years after Creager disappeared, the fundamental question remains unchanged: what happened to Keith Robert Creager after his last documented encounter near the Eklutna exit on October 11, 2023?

How to Help

Anyone with information concerning Keith Robert Creager’s whereabouts or his activities surrounding October 11, 2023, should provide that information directly to law enforcement rather than attempting to investigate possible persons or locations independently.

The Alaska State Troopers are identified as the primary investigating agency. Their Anchorage headquarters can be reached at (907) 269-5511.

When providing information, reference Alaska case AK23109908 and, when useful, NamUs MP111593.