Kevin McGrath, 26, a U.S. Army veteran and father of two, vanished from the Carnival Conquest as it returned to Miami on September 4, 2023. He had been on a three-day family cruise to the Bahamas for his father’s 60th birthday and was reported missing after he failed to join relatives for breakfast the morning the ship was due to disembark. His twin brother last saw him at about 2 a.m., and the cabin key card was used around 3:30 a.m.

A shipboard search found no sign of him. Surveillance footage did not show him going overboard and the vessel’s overboard detection system was not triggered, and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol records show no disembarkation. The U.S. Coast Guard searched nearly 3,300 square nautical miles before suspending the search. Miami-Dade Police Department is investigating. McGrath was on supervised probation at the time and had permission to move to Florida to live with his parents but reportedly did not have permission to take the cruise. He was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, black shorts, and gray sneakers.

The family describes his disappearance as completely out of character. If anyone on the cruise or who knew Kevin around September 3–4, 2023 has information, please share it with Miami-Dade Police.