On April 14, 2005, Shaun Robert Eckert, 40, went on a fishing trip off Indian River County, Florida, with his brothers Michael Eckert and Jay Alva Eckert. Their 22-foot boat was ten to fifteen miles offshore, about five to seven miles southeast of the Sebastian Inlet, when it began taking on water and sank. Michael made a 911 call around 6:00 p.m. but the line dropped when his phone died.

Michael was found alive the next morning at about 8:30 a.m., adrift off North Hutchinson Island after holding onto a life jacket. He said Shaun and Jay had been clinging to a cooler and that he lost sight of them around 9:00 p.m. Debris from the boat was found about a mile off North Hutchinson Island. The Coast Guard suspended its search on April 17, 2005, and Shaun and Jay are presumed lost at sea. Shaun was described as a 40-year-old white male, 5 feet 10 inches, 165 pounds, with blond hair.

If anyone was on the water that night or has information about the area southeast of Sebastian Inlet between April 14 and April 17, please share what is known.