Ronald Michael Osborne, 23, was last seen July 3, 2007, on the Sacramento River in an area known as China Rapids, north of Red Bluff, California. He and a friend, James Derek Vereb, were canoeing when their canoe overturned. Vereb, who wore a life jacket, was swept downstream and later rescued by other boaters.

Vereb reported seeing Osborne in the water, clinging to a life jacket and attempting to swim but losing sight of him in the rapids. Searchers recovered the life jacket Osborne had been holding, but no trace of Osborne was found. He is described as a white male with blonde hair and blue eyes, 6 feet 0 inches and 205 pounds, born December 12, 1983. Authorities presume he drowned in the Sacramento River and the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department is investigating.

If anyone was on the river near China Rapids on July 3, 2007, or has information about that day, please share what was seen or heard.