By Gina Hill | Alaska Headline Living | November 2025
The Anchorage Police Department is urgently asking the public’s help in finding 19-year-old Angel Chagluak, a young Alaska Native woman reported missing on November 29, 2025. According to police, she was last seen or heard from around 8:00 p.m. on November 28, near the 4300 block of Dale St. Angel is described as roughly 5′5″ tall, 125 lbs, with short black hair and brown eyes. Her clothing at the time she disappeared is unknown. Importantly, investigators say Angel has a decreased mental capacity. Anyone with information is asked to call Dispatch at 311, case number 25-36818.
📊 The Larger Crisis: Indigenous Women Disproportionately Impacted
- Nationwide, in 2016 the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) logged 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women and girls, yet only 116 of those ever appeared in the federal missing-persons database NamUs. United Indian Health Services+2Bureau of Indian Affairs+2
- In a 2018 nationwide survey by Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) spanning 71 U.S. cities, AI/AN women and girls accounted for 506 unique cases of murder or disappearance; of those, 25% were missing-person cases, 56% were homicides, and 19% remained unresolved or with unknown status. United Indian Health Services+2NCAI+2
- The vulnerability of AI/AN women to violence is staggering: a 2016 study found that 84.3% of AI/AN women have experienced violence in their lifetimes; among them, 56.1% experienced sexual violence, 55.5% reported intimate-partner violence, and 48.8% were stalked. Michigan.gov+2Wassaja Center+2
- In Alaska, where Native people make up roughly one-fifth of the population, Indigenous individuals account for more than 60% of recorded homicide victims. ArcticToday+1
What this means: cases like Angel’s are part of a long-standing, deep crisis. The fact that so many AI/AN women go missing or are murdered, with data severely undercounted, points to systemic failures in reporting, classification, investigation, and prevention. Department of Justice+2United Indian Health Services+2
🆘 Why Angel’s Case Demands Attention
Given those grim statistics and patterns:
- Angel is young (19), which places her in a demographic that research highlights as especially at risk.
- Her mental vulnerability may make her more dependent and less able to seek help or protect herself, a factor that heightens urgency.
- The rapid, public alert from the Anchorage Police may improve her chances of safe recovery, but only if the public recognizes her, shares information, and stays vigilant.
🔎 What You Can Do Right Now
- Keep an eye out for anyone matching Angel’s description, especially near Anchorage and any transport hubs, given possibilities of travel.
- Share this announcement widely among community networks, social media, tribal groups, and shelters, visibility matters.
- If you have any information, no matter how small, call Dispatch at 311 and reference case # 25-36818.
Even as individuals, we can help break the pattern. Angel’s disappearance is more than a single case. It’s part of a larger pattern that demands awareness, action, and accountability. Let’s help bring her home.
