Stuart Edward Savanuck, 66, disappeared on November 14, 2016 after renting a boat from Jensen Beach Boat Rentals in the 9800 block of South Ocean Drive. He left at 10:00 a.m. aboard a beige 2007 23-foot Parker center-console and planned a day of fishing, intending to head south and return the boat by 5:00 p.m. His rented vehicle was found at the marina when he failed to return and the rental owner notified authorities.

A large search and rescue operation followed. The Coast Guard and other crews searched more than 30,000 square miles of ocean from the Florida coast toward the Bahamas but found no sign of Savanuck or the rented vessel. He is presumed to have drowned at sea after the unsuccessful search.