Laurent Abecassis, 45, vanished on December 27, 1994, after renting a single-engine Piper Warrior from Boca Aviation in Boca Raton, Florida. An experienced pilot who had moved from France to the U.S. four years earlier, he told his wife he needed to handle a quick errand at the airport but did not mention the flight he intended to make to keep his commercial flying license current. Laurent planned to do several touch-and-go landings and departed at 1:35 p.m.; he never returned.

Searches over land and sea failed to find either Abecassis or the airplane. The aircraft held about four hours of fuel and there were no distress calls or emergency locator transmitter activations noted. He was pursuing a career as a commercial pilot or flight instructor at the time. Few additional clues have emerged and the disappearance remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Laurent, saw him at Boca Raton airport on December 27, 1994, or has any information about that flight, please share what you know.