Franklin Jay Osgood Sr. went missing from his 51-foot sailboat Sea Lust on April 30, 1988, in the waters between the California mainland and Catalina Island. At about 4:00 p.m. strong winds reportedly knocked him from the rigging into the ocean; he was not wearing a life preserver. Shipmates threw a dinghy and attempted to rescue him three times but he vanished before they could bring him back aboard. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a thorough search but found no trace.

Osgood was 48, a Canoga Park resident, 5 feet 8 inches, 165 pounds, with blue eyes, brown hair and a black panther tattoo on his upper right arm. A veteran of the Air Force, he was a former professional jazz drummer who ran a construction company from his home and is presumed to have drowned at sea. Has anyone been near the Catalina crossing that afternoon or seen the Sea Lust around April 30, 1988?