Missing
Paul Thomas Murray
Murray, approximately 2016
Date and time person was reported missing : 06/16/2016
Missing location (approx) :
Monroe County, Florida
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 07/18/1967 (54)
Age at the time of disappearance: 48 years old
Height / Weight : 5'7, 165 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Gray hair, brown eyes. Murray is missing teeth in the front of his jaw; he had a dental bridge, but wasn't wearing it at the time of his disappearance. He has scars on his left leg from surgery to repair severely broken bones, and hardware in his left knee, and his nipple is pierced. His nickname is Paulie.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Murray was last seen on June 16, 2016. He lived in a boat in Boot Key Harbor in Marathon, Florida. He went to Key West, Florida to help a friend, Donny Vanaria, move his thirty-foot sailboat, the Hornet, from Robbie's Marina on Stock Island to Boot Key Harbor. The Hornet was subsequently found on a jetty near Robbie's Marina; it had run aground.
Murray has not been seen since. Afterwards, Vanaria left town in a hurry and went to New York. Police were unable to locate him for years, but a private investigator hired by Murray's family found the man in 2019 and he has been interviewed and ruled out as a suspect.
Since Murray went missing, there has been no activity on his social media or bank accounts. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Monroe County Sheriff's Office
305-293-7407
September 2021 updates and sources
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Key West: The Newspaper
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