I have been following this story from early on... there was a lot of suspicion that his death was a hoax almost immediately. He was not married to ONJ at the time, just a boyfriend. And, according to her, they had broken up prior to his disappearance. He was in some financial trouble in addition to being late on child support.
He boarded this fishing boat with 22 other fishermen. He was not reported missing for several days after the boat returned, when he did not show up for a family event. ONJ did not make a public statement until much later, over a month as I recall. I remember thinking it was very strange that she did not use her fame to attract attention to the search, but her reasoning was that they were not together at the time and for her to intervene would have been unwanted by his family.
Personally, I found this intriguing because in the initial interviews with the other passengers, no one recalled seeing him really at all, although he allegedly purchased food on board. The theory of the investigators at the time was that he was depressed and stayed to himself, and then jumped overboard and no one noticed.
The website
www.findingpatrickmcdermott.com supposedly was set up as a
high-tech trap to lure him out of hiding. Supposedly they can tell that both ONJ and Patrick have been "logging in" regularly to check on the status of the investigation.
I don't know, I don't see anywhere to "log in" on that site so that seems like a bluff to me.
Anyway, the recent television broadcast noted something which I had not heard previously, which was that he had an additional passport made with his middle name as his last name. That passport was not recovered and has recently been active. I believe that was the catalyst for the recent publicity. The investigators believe he is using that passport and want to call him out on it.
And although they note he is not charged with a crime, (and this is correct because he is official deceased), if he returns there will no doubt be charges - insurance fraud being one of them, and back child support being another. However, they seem to want to let him think he could come back without legal ramifications, and perhaps the family would be willing to drop charges to have him home.
Olivia was BEAUTIFUL in his life - he was the louse
