Missing
Mark Lindsey Bachelder
Mark, approximately 1974; Age when reported missing: 57 (approximately 2013)
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/22/1974
Missing location (approx) :
Bryan Beach, Texas
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 05/18/1957 (64)
Age at the time of disappearance: 17 years old
Height / Weight : 5'8, 125 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Blue cutoff jeans.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Mark has previously fractured his back.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Mark was last seen surfing on his bright yellow surfboard at Bryan Beach, Texas, near where the Brazos River empties into the Gulf of Mexico, on September 22, 1974. He is from Houston, Texas and he and some other Houston teenAge at the time of disappearance: rs were camping in the area.
Mark and another boy, David Hesterlee, went surfing at 6:00 a.m. with their surfboards tethered to their ankles. When they had not arrived back to shore by 11:00 p.m., the beach patrol was notified and a search began. In spite of an extensive search lasting several days, neither of the surfers or their boards were located. They are assumed to be lost at sea.
Mark's surfboard had a white top and a bright yellow bottom with the word "Sunshine" written on the deck and an Indian on a horse on the belly. There was red fin with gold trim on the skeg, the fin at the bottom center of the board. David's surfboard was pale yellow in color with an unclear design. It was older and battered, with one ding on the deck filled with purple wax, duct tape on the side of the board at the front and back, and two black fins.
Like Mark, David was seventeen years old at the time of his disappearance. Photos and additional information for him are unavailable.
Other information and links : ncy
Brazoria County Sheriff's Department
979-849-2441
September 2021 updates and sources
The Doe Network
Official Cold Case Investigations
October 12, 2004. March 6, 2015; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression added.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
