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Scott Gamble was 35 when he disappeared from Miami on September 23, 2007, after boarding the 47-foot fishing vessel Joe Cool for what was billed as a short trip to Bimini. He and three crew members — captain Jake Branam, Jake’s wife Kelly Branam, and friend Samuel Kairy — were hired by Kirby Logan Archer and Guillermo Alfonso Zarabozo, who paid $4,000 in cash and expected to return the next day.

When the Joe Cool did not arrive on September 24, the Coast Guard later found the boat adrift about 20 miles from Cuba, far off course, in disarray and without its life rafts. Archer and Zarabozo were rescued in a life raft nearby on September 27; the four crew members, including Gamble, were never seen again and no bodies have been recovered. Archer and Zarabozo gave inconsistent accounts, and evidence aboard the vessel contradicted their initial claims. Both men were charged with murder, kidnapping and hijacking; Archer pleaded guilty in July 2008 to the murders and Zarabozo was convicted at retrial in February 2009.

Does anyone have information about where the Joe Cool was between September 23 and September 27 or about the missing crew during that interval?