Missing
John Paul Skirta
Skirta, approximately 2001
Date and time person was reported missing : 11/10/2001
Missing location (approx) :
Palm Harbor, Florida
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 04/27/1958 (63)
Age at the time of disappearance: 43 years old
Height / Weight : 5'10, 155 pounds
Medical conditions : Skirta was prescribed medication for depression when he disappeared. He did not take the medicine with him.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Wavy brown hair, brown eyes. Skirta wears eyeglasses, but he did not have them with him when he vanished.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Skirta was last seen by his father at the home they shared in the vicinity of the 3360 block of Pattie Place between 12:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. on November 10, 2001.
At 7:30 a.m. Skirta's father woke up and found the back door slightly ajar and his son missing. He has never been heard from again. He did not take any identification, money, or his bicycle or eyeglasses when he disappeared.
Bloodhounds tEthnicity : d Skirta's scent out the back door of the residence to the mailbox, but the trail was lost there. His father said that before his disappearance, he seemed very withdrawn.
Skirta is described as well-read and intelligent but ill at ease with people. He has worked various jobs, including as a volunteer at the snack bar at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital, but has never stayed at any one job for very long. Skirta's case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
727-582-6200
September 2021 updates and sources
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
The St. Petersburg Times Online
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
October 12, 2004. June 18, 2005.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
