John Edward Zimmerman II, 51, left Freeport, Texas, on April 9, 2005, aboard his 28-foot pleasure craft for an overnight fishing trip to the Gulf of Mexico with 17-year-old Austin Childs and 41-year-old David Keller. The men were accompanied by a yellow Labrador Retriever and took several items aboard, including multiple 160-quart ice chests with white snap-on cushions, an orange life ring, a blue and red raft, and orange life jackets. They were expected back April 10 but never returned.

On the afternoon of April 10 a helicopter crew located the boat capsized about 30 miles southeast of Freeport. A seat cushion and three life jackets were floating nearby; the dog and all three men were not found. The overturned vessel had a hairline crack or a two-foot hole in the bottom and one 120-gallon ice chest that was usually secured to the boat was missing. The Coast Guard conducted an extensive search covering over 5,679 nautical miles with boats, a helicopter, and a jet but recovered no trace of the men.

The GPS showed coordinates suggesting a planned route about 80 miles beyond where the boat was found, but the device stopped working before more data could be recovered. The three men are presumed lost at sea. If anyone was on the water that weekend or saw the boat or the Labrador, did you notice anything that could help explain what happened?