FL FL-Frank L. Doherty, 44, Brevard County, 20 Dec 1987 *Lost at Sea*

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Frank L. Doherty Jr.
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Doherty, circa 1987

  • Missing Since12/20/1987
  • Missing FromBrevard County, Florida
  • ClassificationLost/Injured Missing
  • Date of Birth03/03/1943 (76)
  • Age44 years old
  • Height and Weight5'8, 150 pounds
  • Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Doherty's nickname is Skip. He has scars on his fingers, leg, head, left eyebrow and left wrist.
Details of Disappearance
Doherty was last seen in Brevard County, Florida on December 20, 1987. He left Port Canaveral at 6:30 a.m. on a fishing expedition in a 21-foot, gas-powered Chris Craft boat. The captain was John DeGoes, and passengers included Doherty, James Meulemans, and his twelve-year-old son Jamie. They were meant to be gone for twelve hours and then return by nightfall.

The boat never returned to shore. The body of the captain was found about twelve miles off Daytona Beach, Florida on December 26. James Meulemans's body washed ashore in January. His son and Doherty were never located and neither was any sign of the boat, in spite of an extensive search.

Authorities aren't sure how the boat apparently ran into trouble, as DeGoes was an experienced captain who frequently led fishing trips, and water conditions were not bad on the day they all went missing. The boat had a radio, but never sent out any distress signals. Both Jamie and Doherty are presumed lost at sea.
Investigating Agency
  • Brevard County Sheriff's Office 321-264-5217
Source Information
 
@ADKGemini
Is this information copy pasted from Charly Project? It resembles their format. If do, the link is missing (also for any other cases you bring from there).

Plus direct link to a source like msm or le needs to be available (CP is not counted as such) and the links in the bottom of their cases are mostly to the main page, not the dedicated report for is case.

Please add a post with this information otherwise the cases may not remain for discussion.
 
@ADKGemini
Is this information copy pasted from Charly Project? It resembles their format. If do, the link is missing (also for any other cases you bring from there).

Plus direct link to a source like msm or le needs to be available (CP is not counted as such) and the links in the bottom of their cases are mostly to the main page, not the dedicated report for is case.

Please add a post with this information otherwise the cases may not remain for discussion.
Thanks I saw others with the CP, does Namus count as a source or no?
 
Thanks I saw others with the CP, does Namus count as a source or no?
The others added lately had mostly Namus added too as of the same remark (but the CP link is missing above too, this is the source of the summary posted).
Yes, a direct link to an active Namus case is fine.
 

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