DONALD STEVEN LANG

Captured Seeking Information

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ESCAPE RISK

The FBI has taken this poster down since the capture; it is shown here as the FBI last published it.

Wanted for

Lewd Conduct with a Minor Under Sixteen (3 counts); Sexual Battery of a Minor (1 count)

Reward

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Donald Steven Lang.

Caution

The FBI's Salt Lake City Field Office is assisting the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office in Idaho with the search for Donald Steven Lang. Lang is wanted for his alleged involvement in the sexual assault of a minor in Idaho between 2003 and 2007. Lang, a Canadian citizen, was last seen on his sailboat, ISHI, in Hawaii, in January of 2025.

On April 9, 2025, Donald Steven Lang was charged with three counts of Lewd Conduct with a Minor Under Sixteen and one count Sexual Battery of a Minor in the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Idaho, in and for the County of Kootenai, and a state warrant was issued for his arrest.

Description

Sex: Male
Race: white
Hair: brown
Eyes: blue
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 210 lbs
Age: 63
Date(s) of birth used: September 15, 1963
Place of birth: British Columbia, Canada
Nationality: Canadian
Scars and marks: Lang has multiple tattoos on his body including a faded conch shell with the word "captain" above it on his right arm.
Occupation: Lang is a sailor who does odd jobs, such as fixing boats, on the side.

Field offices

Honolulu · Salt Lake City · HI · UT

Remarks

Lang is known to sail around the world, but his "home base" is in Hawaii. He may be sailing somewhere between Hawaii and Fiji, Hawaii and Mexico, towards Papua New Guinea, or possibly Indonesia. He has ties to, or knows people in, Hawaii, Idaho, Washington State, California, Fiji, Marquesas Islands, Mexico, and Canada.

Posted Feb 9, 2026 · Updated by the FBI Aug 25, 2026

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