Missing
William Fred Patient III
William, approximately 2013
Date and time person was reported missing : 05/05/2013
Missing location (approx) :
Juno Beach, Florida
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 03/31/1997 (24)
Age at the time of disappearance: 16 years old
Height / Weight : 5'8, 145 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Green mesh gym shorts with a white Viera High School logo on the left leg and a rip on the right side just below the waistline. The logo said either "Viera Phys Ed" or "Viera Hawks."
Medical conditions : Billy has been diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder. He has substance abuse issues, and he may have been suicidal at the time of his disappearance.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Light brown hair, blue eyes. William's nickname is Billy and many Age at the time of disappearance: ncies refer to him by that name. He has facial acne and his hair was shoulder-length at the time of his disappearance.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Billy was last seen in Juno Beach, Florida on May 5, 2013. At the time, he was enrolled in The Academy, a residential center for troubled teens, where he was receiving treatment for his depression and substance abuse issues. He and a group of nine other boys from The Academy had gone on an outing and Billy was last seen floating the ocean off Juno Beach at 4:30 p.m.
When the others came to shore, Billy wasn't with them and he left his clothes and wallet on the beach. He has never been heard from again and an extensive search of the area turned up no sign of him.
Billy was a freshman at Viera High School at the time of his disappearance. He became deeply depressed after his father died in 2012, and as a result his family enrolled him in The Academy in late April 2013.
After he went missing, Billy's mother discovered The Academy, which is run by the Tennessee-based company American Addiction Centers, didn't offer the kind of housing and supervision it advertised. She had been told Billy would live in a home-like setting, but in fact he and the other boys enrolled in the program were staying at a hotel three miles from The Academy's headquarters.
The Academy ultimately refunded Billy's family the $25,000 they'd paid for his treatment. The facility remains open and hasn't been reported for any health or safety violations.
A few months after Billy's disappearance, there was activity on his personal Facebook pageheader: someone was logging in and checking messAge at the time of disappearance: s. This led his mother to believe he was alive and had left of his own accord. Authorities were unable to tEthnicity : the person who used Billy's Facebook account, and the circumstances of his disappearance remain unclear. His case is unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Juno Beach Police Department
561-626-2100
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
