‘I hope he’s out there, and that he sees this new picture and realizes people are looking for him, and that he’s wanted.’

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Over two decades ago, 15-year-old Christian Hall boarded the yacht Gypsy II in Flour Bluff, bound for Florida. The vessel issued a distress call near the Louisiana coast, but when another boater responded, the captain declined help — and Hall, the captain and the boat were never seen again.

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In the fall of 2005, Hall was working as a deckhand on a 74-foot boat called the GYPSY II and left with the vessel’s captain, 39-year-old David “Dusty” Andrews. 

Hall asked his parents to go on a fishing trip to Florida with Andrews. They told him no. He went anyway. 

Investigators said that after the pair departed, a mayday signal was reported from the GYPSY II about 65 miles south of the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. A boater responded to the distress call but was waved away by Andrews, according to investigators.

Neither Hall, Andrews, nor the GYPSY II has been seen since.


The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has released a new age-progressed image showing what Hall could look like at 35 years old in hopes of generating new leads.


Hall’s aunt, Carla Boehm, told writer Halley Gillespie that she believes Hall could still be alive and hopes renewed attention will bring answers.

“If he thinks nobody cares, maybe he’s not even trying to come home,” Boehm said.

Boehm said Hall was adventurous and may have been excited about starting a new journey. She said she believes Hall may have grown attached to Andrews while working on the boat and viewed him as a father figure.

According to Hall’s relatives, Andrews sometimes claimed that Hall was his son, but relatives said this was not true.

“I hope he’s out there, and that he sees this new picture and realizes people are looking for him, and that he’s wanted,” Boehm said.

Anyone with information about Christian Hall or his disappearance is asked to contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) or the Corpus Christi Police Department at 361-886-2600.