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On April 9, 2005, 51-year-old John Edward Zimmerman II, along with 17-year-old Austin Childs and 41-year-old David Keller, departed from Freeport, Texas, for a fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico. The three men, all from Houston, were on Zimmerman's 28-foot pleasure craft and were accompanied by a yellow Labrador Retriever. They were expected to return the following day, April 10, 2005, but they never came back and have not been heard from since.

The group had taken several items with th ...Read More
Last Seen: Apr 09, 2005
Victim Details

Jan 28, 2026

Jan 28, 2026

John

Edward Zimmerman Ii

51

51

5'10 inches

160 lbs

White

Male

Apr 09, 2005

Freeport

Texas

Freeport

Texas Department of Public Safety

800-346-3243

01/28/2026