Missing
David Scott Keller
Keller, approximately 2005
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/09/2005
Missing location (approx) :
Freeport, Texas
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 05/15/1964 (57)
Age at the time of disappearance: 39 years old
Height / Weight : 5'11, 195 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Keller was last seen on April 9, 2005 in Freeport, Texas. He and two other men, Austin Childs and John Zimmerman, 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 three 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.
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
Texas EquuSearch
The Houston Coast Guard
KHOU 11 News
KTRK TV Houston
October 12, 2004. October 10, 2005; .
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
