Alonzo Lee Kent IV, a 40-year-old salesman from Gulf Breeze, Florida and Auburn University graduate, was last seen on August 26, 2011. He set out alone on a fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico aboard his 36-foot Boston Whaler, Monkey Bar II, and never returned. Family reported him missing on August 28, triggering a large U.S. Coast Guard search that covered an area larger than the state of Maryland before being suspended.

Several days after he vanished, Kent’s boat was found adrift and empty off Chuburna on the Yucatan Peninsula, about 550 miles from where he disappeared. The keys were in the console and the vessel was reportedly out of gas; Mexican authorities took custody of the boat and found no immediate signs of foul play. An arrest warrant for Kent, issued August 30, 2011, accused him of stalking and harassment and followed a temporary restraining order filed August 26.

In late September 2011 the Mexican Navy recovered a decomposed white male body about 60 miles from where the boat was found, but severe decomposition left identity uncertain and other missing-person possibilities were suggested. Kent’s official status remained missing; his family held a memorial service believing he was lost at sea. If anyone knew Kent’s plans or movements around August 26, 2011, please share information.