Richard Hale Sehorn, known as Hale, was 25 and living aboard his 41-foot boat Miss Essie at the Georgetown Marina in South Carolina when he was last seen on December 8, 2006. Surveillance captured him at the marina at about 1:58 PM making a purchase; friends and family last saw him that day on the boat playing guitar. He missed a doctor’s appointment on December 11, prompting his family to report him missing.

Richard was described as a white male, 5 feet 11 inches, 160 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and a scar on his left wrist. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a light-colored sweatshirt and a wristband on his left wrist, and he was known to wear dog tags. His father said the boat showed no signs of a struggle, but Richard’s car keys and cell phone were missing from the vessel while his car remained in the marina lot.

Searches of the surrounding waterways involved planes and sonar and were conducted by the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Natural Resources, but no trace of Richard or evidence explaining his disappearance was found. His father reported Richard had a seizure in the weeks before he vanished, and authorities said they had no reason to suspect foul play.

Did anyone who knew Hale or worked at the Georgetown Marina in December 2006 notice anything unusual around the boat or the parking lot?