Jeffrey Charles Kays was 45 when he disappeared in the summer of 1999 while on a 34-foot sailboat near Camano Island, Washington. He was last seen on June 16 on the vessel and was wearing dark gray work coveralls with a name tag and either white tennis shoes or black sandals. He is described as a white male, brown hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 6 inches and about 160 pounds.

Sometime after he was last seen the sailboat was found abandoned in Saratoga Passage. A search of the boat turned up no sign of Kays, and the Island County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation. The circumstances suggest a sudden departure from the vessel, but exactly what happened has not been established and there are few leads.

Anyone who was on or near the Saratoga Passage in mid-June 1999, or who has information about that boat or Kays’ movements that day, is asked to come forward.