Brett Mitchell, 31, was reported missing from the fishing vessel BELLA ROSE on September 11, 2009. The vessel was about 100 nautical miles east of Cape Cod when Mitchell was last seen; he was a crewmember from New Bedford, Massachusetts. At the time he disappeared he is believed to have been wearing a white t-shirt and light-colored pants.

The United States Coast Guard Investigative Service in Boston led an intensive search and investigation. Coast Guard crews scoured the Atlantic despite challenging and changing sea conditions, but the search did not locate Mitchell. Few specifics are available about what happened on board or how he went missing, leaving many unanswered questions for his family and the local fishing community.

If anyone was on or near the BELLA ROSE on September 11, 2009, or has information about Mitchell’s last known movements, please come forward.