Missing Austin Jay Childs Austin, approximately 2005 Date reported missing : 04/09/2005 Missing location (approx) : Freeport, Texas Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing Gender : Male Ethnicity : White DOB : 07/27/1987 (34) Age at the time of disappearance: 17 years old Height / Weight : 5'9, 170 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A brown leather jacket, blue jeans, flip-flops and a white shell choker necklace. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Austin has a scar on his right shoulder, a scar on his left thigh and a scar on the side of his left hip. He goes by his initials, AJC. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Austin was last seen on April 9, 2005 in Freeport, Texas. He and two other men, John Zimmerman and David Keller, went on a fishing trip on the Gulf of Mexico in Zimmerman's 28-foot pleasure craft. They took a yellow Labrador Retriever dog, several 160-quart ice chests with white snap-on cushions, an orange life ring, a blue and red raft, and between three and six standard-sized orange life jackets on their boat. The men were expected to return the following day, but they did not and they have never been heard from again. The men's boat was later found capsized in the ocean. It had a hairline crack in the bottom and officials believe the boat accidentally ran into something, possibly a log. A seat cushion and three life jackets were floating nearby. There was no sign of the men at the scene, and an extensive search turned up no tEthnicity : of them. Austin, Keller and Zimmerman are presumed lost at sea. All three are from Houston, Texas. Austin attended Dobie High School and was also homeschooled. He is described as an avid outdoorsman. Other information and links : ncy Texas Department of Public Safety 800-346-3243 Gulf Coast Recovery Center 281-229-9172 September 2021 updates and sources Texas Department of Public Safety The Houston Coast Guard KHOU 11 News KTRK TV Houston Project Jason October 12, 2004. October 12, 2009; picture added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : updated. |