We're past coast guard at this point

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article256120212.html

Thanks everyone....just was looking for advice esp if there are any keys farkers.

Hi everyone. Updates:

He's not been found. While nothing is  out of the realm of possibility it's highly improbable that it was a suicide as he would not let his dogs stay untended/abandoned in the house for long periods of time. He loves those dogs like kids.

It's unlikely he left in a hurry. He left the boat dock very neatly maintained.  There's every evidence that he meant to go out on his boat for one last tour before he had to leave the family vacation house for a trip back up north. Appears that he threw some food in the pressure cooker and went out for a ride. Left his wallet but brought his cell phone. He was missing 24 hours when his parents (NJ) asked for a wellness check and the police found things as reported.

His cell phone pinged a nearby tower at 3:15 PM last Monday about the same time a small gusty squall came through and there are some reports that his boat was seeing heading towards the highway bridge back (towards the Atlantic) around the same time. There's now some bits of video where he may have been captured circling around the Key in his usual ride.

He did have safety equipment on the boat but unfortunately  one of the providers was unable to activate the console remotely.

The USCG was amazing and did extensive search. They're calling off the search now.

TWX: cherryl taggart: tdyak: Ok, I hate to say this, but I have crazy family members as well:

You sent the police.   To do a wellness check.   On a man.   In Florida.

They then started a "manhunt" all over the place for him, and haven't found him or seen anything about him.

There was an open yogurt container AND an active pressure cooker in the house.  Unless that yogurt was moldy, and that pressure cooker had made bricks (and I mean, if EITHER of those food stuffs were edible), this dude is hiding because he thinks the police are after him.

Or the guy had started fixing a meal in the cooker, was snacking on yogurt, and looked out his window.  He sees some dudes messing with his boat and grabs his phone to dash out and film them.

They grab him, steal the boat and turn him into chum.

Without knowing anything about the man's regular habits this unfortunately seems pretty likely.

I would presume that authorities and family are trying to figure out his normal behavior patterns.  Ie, was he prone to slovenly leaving opened food out or to leaving his wallet behind?  And other things, like if he had any clothing or accessories that he would routinely take with him when going boating, things that if they were present in the house would indicate either some incredibly hasty retreat to the boat, or would indicate the possibility of foul play.

I could see a boater having specific shoes and clothes for boating, stuff that protects from the elements well and handles saltwater exposure, or perhaps is rough enough that it gets worn instead of nicer clothes so they don't get messed up by the salt exposure.

Also where are his keys, and was the way-out to the dock locked or not?

there wasn't anything unusual and the house was in order except for noted stuff. Dock was neat... he spent the time getting it ready for a return.

tdyak: Ok, I hate to say this, but I have crazy family members as well:

You sent the police.   To do a wellness check.   On a man.   In Florida.

They then started a "manhunt" all over the place for him, and haven't found him or seen anything about him.

There was an open yogurt container AND an active pressure cooker in the house.  Unless that yogurt was moldy, and that pressure cooker had made bricks (and I mean, if EITHER of those food stuffs were edible), this dude is hiding because he thinks the police are after him.

Well, we're talking about a really geeky Farker-like guy staying for a visit in his parents vacation house.  And before anyone gets all "wait a minute" thinking that was a wildly mundane cover in a Hollywood sense...nobody is worried about that.