To earn extra money, 15-year-old Christian Hall worked as a deckhand on the 74-foot sailboat Gypsy II off the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas.
In November 2005, Christian—an adventure-seeking teen—asked his family for permission to join the boat’s owner, David “Dusty” Andrews, 39, on a trip. Christian saw it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. His family refused, but Christian went anyway.
On Nov. 24, 2005, Christian and Andrews left from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway, which connects Laguna Madre and North Padre Island in Corpus Christi, and set sail for Florida. They never arrived—and neither was ever heard from again…