Missing
William Mark Adair
Adair, approximately 2008
Date and time person was reported missing : 08/31/2008
Missing location (approx) :
Key Largo, Florida
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 08/31/1962 (58)
Age at the time of disappearance: 29 years old
Height / Weight : 5'7, 170 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Adair was last seen in Bonita Springs, Florida on August 31, 2008. He went boating off Key West that day. At 2:30 p.m. he sent a text messAge at the time of disappearance: to a family friend, saying he was going back to shore. He never arrived. He left his truck and trailer parked at the marina at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida. Hurricane Ike was passing nearby on the day of Adair's disappearance and the marina he'd launched from was evacuated.
Adair's boat, a seventeen-foot single-engine Sailfish with a center console and awning, was recovered two weeks after his disappearance, overturned in a commercial fishing area more than sixty miles west of Key Largo and ten miles south of Pine Key. The boat was in good condition and police believe it capsized in the rough weather. There was no sign of Adair at the scene.
The week before his disappearance, Adair's wife said she was filing for divorce. He took three days' vacation time from work afterwards. He was scheduled to return to his job on September 1, but did not. His coworkers reported him missing on September 2.
Adair lived on Jarrow Road in Bonita Springs, Florida at the time of his disappearance, and that city's police are investigating his case. He worked as an alarm technician. His case remains unsolved, but he is presumed to have drowned.
Other information and links : ncy
Lee County Sheriff's Office
800-780-8477
September 2021 updates and sources
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Naples Daily News
United States Coast Guard
October 12, 2004. March 13, 2009; .
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
