John Switzer, 24, from Starkville, Mississippi, disappeared during a winter 2015 vacation in Gulf Shores, Alabama, after taking his kayak out into the Gulf of Mexico for a day of fishing. His last contact with family was a panoramic photo taken from his kayak. When he did not return or show up for work, a friend checked the beachfront condo and found Switzer’s car parked with the keys inside but no sign of him or the kayak.

A large-scale search and rescue response followed. The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple Alabama police and fire departments searched by air, land, and sea over more than 2,115 square miles of the Gulf, and volunteers combed beaches. It was reported he was not wearing a life vest. Crews later recovered a small yellow kayak believed to be his, floating about three miles offshore between Dauphin Island and Petit Bois Island near the Alabama–Mississippi line, and the official search was called off. John himself was never located.

Does anyone have information about John’s last known movements in Gulf Shores or about seeing a yellow kayak in that area?