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Missing

Disappearance of Patrick McDermott

Year
2005
Where
California
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
What the record says

Patrick Kim McDermott (born September 18, 1956 – disappeared June 30, 2005) was a Korean-American cameraman who disappeared on June 30, 2005, while on an overnight fishing trip off the coast of Los Angeles, California. He was the on-and-off boyfriend of singer-actress Olivia Newton-John. The United States Coast Guard concluded that he was likely lost at sea.

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