Search underway for missing Juneau woman; brother found dead in Lemon Creek area

Searchers are looking for Kristina Elizabeth Young who went missing in the Lemon Creek area on July 10, 2016.
Searchers are looking for Kristina Elizabeth Young who went missing in the Lemon Creek area on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Juneau Police Department)

Searchers are scouring Lemon Creek area for a Juneau woman missing since Sunday afternoon.

Kristina Elizabeth Young, 36, may have been wearing a green top when she disappeared. She’s described as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 140 pounds, blond hair and blue eyes.

Lt. Dave Campbell of the Juneau Police Department said Monday morning that at least 20 people are participating in the search.

“Currently, we have SEADOGS, Alaska State Troopers, we notified the Coast Guard, we have some helicopter requests out there,” Campbell said. “So, right now, we have an active search going on in the Lemon Creek area for Kristina.”

Campbell said they’re also trying to get a jet boat on site.

Young is the sister of George Benjamin Young, 40, whose body was discovered face-down Sunday afternoon. He was found near Egan Drive’s Lemon Creek Bridge at the edge of the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge.

Police said there were no obvious signs of foul play. His body has been sent to the medical examiner’s office in Anchorage for an autopsy.

Campbell said they found personal items belonging to the siblings on the banks of Lemon Creek.

“The area where we found their personal effects just north of the Lemon Creek bridge on Glacier Highway is an area that is frequented by people that will go sit in the area, drink alcohol, and just kind of enjoy the creek,” Campbell said. “We were told that by some residents that live in the area that it is a fairly common place to go.”

Campbell said alcohol bottles were found in the area.  Campbell said Kristina Young was observed buying alcohol at a liquor store earlier in the afternoon before she disappeared.

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