Edward was last seen on 05/25/1991. He is presumed to have died in an aircraft accident in the waters outside of Larsen Bay. Edward was flying a Rockwell S-2R Thrush Commander that crashed one mile offshore and sank into 185 feet of water. At the time of the accident, the weather was an indefinite ceiling of 100 feet obscured, visibility one mile, and fog. Witnesses stated that the airplane was flying low, close to the water, when the accident occurred.