Christian Hall, 15, was working as a deckhand on a 74-foot yacht when his boss offered to bring him on the trip of a lifetime: A voyage from Corpus Christi to Florida.
Hall asked his family for permission to go on the trip, but they wouldn’t allow it.
On Nov. 24, 2005, Hall and the boat’s captain, 39-year-old David “Dusty” Andrews, departed from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway that connects Laguna Madre and North Padre Island in Corpus Christi. Hall and Andrews were the only people on board.
At one point the yacht, named GYPSY II, sent a mayday call off of the coast of Louisiana, but Andrews reportedly declined assistance.
The vessel did not make it to Florida as planned, and there have been no confirmed sightings of Hall, Andrews or the GYPSY II since.
More than 20 years later, Hall’s family is still searching for answers with the help of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
A forensic artist with the NCMEC has released an age-progressed photo of Hall to show what he might look like today. He would be 35 years old.
Investigators and Hall’s family hope the release of the photo sparks a memory or motivates someone with information to come forward.
Carla Boehm, Hall’s aunt, told NCMEC she believes there is a chance her nephew is still alive. If he is, she wants him to know his family wants to see him again.
“If he thinks nobody cares, maybe he’s not even trying to come home,” Boehm said.
Anyone with knowledge about Christian Hall or his disappearance is asked to contact NCMEC at 1-800-843-5678 or the Corpus Christi Police Department at 1-361-886-2600.