‘I hope he’s not in danger’: Eagle River man missing for weeks
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The last time Jordan Stamnes talked with her older brother, in February, she told him she was proud of him.
Joshua Kronbach, 40, who legally changed his name to Tony Mac Kronos, recently bought land in Hawaii and Stamnes says her brother was in a good place.
“Tony’s great. He lights up a room. He is funny. He’s intense,” Stamnes said.
The Eagle River man who was last seen March 6 is now considered a missing person, according to the Anchorage Police Department.
″Things were good. He had just bought land in Hawaii, and so I was kind of telling him, ‘I’m proud of you, I love you, this is awesome to see you living your life,‘” Stamnes said about their last conversation. “And he was good. And he was going to work, and just life, just catching up with his sibling.”
Asked for information about the events surrounding his disappearance, the police department responded that it is “an active investigation.”
“To maintain the integrity of the case, no further details will be provided at this time,” a department spokesperson wrote.
Neighbors of Kronos on Eleonora Street in Eagle River say he was a quiet man who lived in a tidy black house. They say when it was sunny out, he’d often sit in the sunshine in a hammock in the backyard.
Recently, though, there had been some complaints about Kronos. Neighbors, who wouldn’t talk to Alaska’s News Source on camera because of concerns about safety, did say Kronos had started playing loud music at night and the police had to be called.
“Yeah, he wasn’t too pleased with the neighbor behind him, but he had great relationships with everyone else around him,” Stamnes said.
Neighbors say Kronos was often seen clearing snow from his front driveway or coming home from the gym.
Then, one day, the lights in his house seemed to stop being turned on.
Another neighbor called Kronos’ father, who then reported him missing to police.
“We’ve driven by. My parents have been there. They said it wasn’t particularly disturbed, but the back door had been kicked in,” Stamnes said about Kronos’ home. “So that was concerning enough for us to take this seriously enough to call the police.”
She also says her parents found her brother’s wallet in the house.
Stamnes and her friends have been hanging “missing signs” in Eagle River ever since.
“I just hope he’s OK. I hope he’s not in danger,” Stamnes said.
Most people who spoke with Alaska’s News Source Thursday acknowledged there are a lot of rumors going around about what may have happened, and there is a lot of interest in the case but few answers.
There’s an event taking place this Saturday at 3 p.m. at Eagle River Town Square to spread missing person posters in the search for Kronos.
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