Wilburn Leeroy Thompson, 54, disappeared after a boating accident in Suisun Bay, Solano County, California. Thompson was on a wooden boat named the Robby Lyn with his wife, Barbara Joan Thompson, and six others when the vessel caught fire and capsized near Ryer Island at about 2:00 a.m. All eight jumped into the water; the United States Coast Guard rescued five people about an hour later. Wilburn Thompson, his wife Barbara, and a 15-year-old boy from Oklahoma, Keith Washington, were not recovered at that time.

Authorities believe Thompson drowned. Barbara Joan Thompson’s body was recovered in June 2002; Wilburn Thompson and Keith Washington remain missing and are presumed drowned. Thompson was a Turlock resident, manager of a Diamond Walnut Growers plant in Modesto, described as a White male, 6 feet 0 inches, 200 pounds, brown graying hair, brown eyes, possibly a full beard and wore eyeglasses; dental records are available.

Has anyone with knowledge of the Robby Lyn accident or these missing boaters come forward with information?