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Construction worker who vanished from Eagle River job site still missing

A construction worker who disappeared from a job site in Eagle River Saturday morning is still missing, Anchorage police said Sunday.

Vasily Basargin, 38, was part of a construction crew working on a house on the 18000 block of Upper McCrary Road in Eagle River. He was last seen around 10:15 a.m., when he told a co-worker he was going to get something to drink and use a restroom.

Police searched for him from the time his employer reported him missing until 11:30 p.m. Saturday, APD spokeswoman Jennifer Castro said Sunday.

"We did not find any signs or indications of where he might have gone," she said.

Police on Saturday described the area surrounding the construction site as quiet and heavily wooded.

Department of Corrections records show Basargin has been on community supervision under the division of probation and parole since November 17, 2014.

He had been serving time after pleading no contest to robbery, assault, and DUI in a 2005 incident in which he crashed his truck into vehicles at three Anchorage intersections during rush hour while high on methamphetamine, injuring four people.

Michelle Theriault Boots

Michelle Theriault Boots is a longtime reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. She focuses on in-depth stories about the intersection of public policy and Alaskans' lives. Before joining the ADN in 2012, she worked at daily newspapers up and down the West Coast and earned a master's degree from the University of Oregon.

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