Comments on: OC SHERIFF-CORONER DEPT. SPECIAL BULLETIN ENDANGERED MISSING PERSON http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2009/06/oc-sheriff-coroner-dept-special-bulletin-endangered-missing-person/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oc-sheriff-coroner-dept-special-bulletin-endangered-missing-person Orange County's top political blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:35:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Larry Gilbert http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2009/06/oc-sheriff-coroner-dept-special-bulletin-endangered-missing-person/comment-page-1/#comment-91231 Larry Gilbert Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:40:10 +0000 http://orangejuiceblog.com/?p=23666#comment-91231 Dana Point Times update. Man Feared Lost at Sea June 22, 2009        Print A Mission Viejo man authorities fear might have been lost at sea on Friday remains missing, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino. Richard Kemp, 58, was last seen boarding a ferry headed for Santa Catalina Island on Friday morning. A crew member later found Kemp’s backpack, identification and wallet in the ferry. Kemp’s family reported him missing Friday afternoon and the Coast Guard searched the waters between Dana Point and Catalina, but he was never found. “The Coast Guard, I believe, called off the search on Saturday,” said Jim Amormino on Monday. “With the currents, where do you look?” Investigators have since reviewed surveillance footage in the Dana Point Harbor and Catalina, identifying Kemp as he boarded the vessel just before 7:45 a.m. Amormino said the Catalina footage did not show him get off. “If he got off the boat we would have seen it,” he said. “He definitely did not get off the boat.” The Catalina Express had 135 passengers aboard the ferry that morning, and Amormino said no one has come forward to report seeing anyone go overboard. “At this stage, anything is possible,” he said. “We’re looking at everything. Did he accidently go in? Did he jump off? Was it a staged incident?” Kemp lives with his wife in Mission Viejo and has two adult sons. He is believed to have made the trip by himself, calling home Friday morning to tell his family that he was making the trip to Catalina. His family reported him missing later that day after he failed to check in. Kemp is a 6 feet tall, 185 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing beige shorts and a white tank top. Anyone with information on Kemp’s disappearance is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department at 714.647.7055 or 714.628.7170. Dana Point Times update.

Man Feared Lost at Sea

June 22, 2009        Print

A Mission Viejo man authorities fear might have been lost at sea on Friday remains missing, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino. Richard Kemp, 58, was last seen boarding a ferry headed for Santa Catalina Island on Friday morning. A crew member later found Kemp’s backpack, identification and wallet in the ferry. Kemp’s family reported him missing Friday afternoon and the Coast Guard searched the waters between Dana Point and Catalina, but he was never found. “The Coast Guard, I believe, called off the search on Saturday,” said Jim Amormino on Monday. “With the currents, where do you look?”

Investigators have since reviewed surveillance footage in the Dana Point Harbor and Catalina, identifying Kemp as he boarded the vessel just before 7:45 a.m. Amormino said the Catalina footage did not show him get off. “If he got off the boat we would have seen it,” he said. “He definitely did not get off the boat.”

The Catalina Express had 135 passengers aboard the ferry that morning, and Amormino said no one has come forward to report seeing anyone go overboard. “At this stage, anything is possible,” he said. “We’re looking at everything. Did he accidently go in? Did he jump off? Was it a staged incident?”

Kemp lives with his wife in Mission Viejo and has two adult sons. He is believed to have made the trip by himself, calling home Friday morning to tell his family that he was making the trip to Catalina. His family reported him missing later that day after he failed to check in.

Kemp is a 6 feet tall, 185 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing beige shorts and a white tank top. Anyone with information on Kemp’s disappearance is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department at 714.647.7055 or 714.628.7170.

]]> By: Larry Gilbert http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2009/06/oc-sheriff-coroner-dept-special-bulletin-endangered-missing-person/comment-page-1/#comment-90762 Larry Gilbert Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:09:33 +0000 http://orangejuiceblog.com/?p=23666#comment-90762 Stanley. Thank you for your assessment. Not knowing this individual his status might be very close to your speculation. Hopefully the OCSD will track him down. Stanley. Thank you for your assessment. Not knowing this individual his status might be very close to your speculation. Hopefully the OCSD will track him down.

]]> By: stanislav fiala http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2009/06/oc-sheriff-coroner-dept-special-bulletin-endangered-missing-person/comment-page-1/#comment-90737 stanislav fiala Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:28:45 +0000 http://orangejuiceblog.com/?p=23666#comment-90737 Larry, It is my opinion that Mr. Kemp did staged his own death. By leaving his personal items on the Catalina Express boat he makes us believe that he did not exit the boat. First, I would look at all security cameras in the Catalina harbor and all private boats which left Catalina in last 24 hours. Second, I would look closely into his personal life problems and follow the money, i.e. his life insurance and the beneficiary or other financial scams. Larry, It is my opinion that Mr. Kemp did staged his own death. By leaving his personal items on the Catalina Express boat he makes us believe that he did not exit the boat.

First, I would look at all security cameras in the Catalina harbor and all private boats which left Catalina in last 24 hours.

Second, I would look closely into his personal life problems and follow the money, i.e. his life insurance and the beneficiary or other financial scams.

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