A 35-year-old man missing from his family’s home in the Florida Keys remained unaccounted for Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said there’s no sign of the boat that he regularly skippered off Sugarloaf Key.
Jason Heath was scheduled to drive up to New Jersey to join his family there this Thanksgiving week, but his father reported him missing on Tuesday. Heath’s car was still in the driveway of the family’s waterfront Sugarloaf home when police arrived, dogs barking inside, lights on, an open container of yogurt on the kitchen counter and food still in a pressure cooker turned on, according to a report from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office..
#Breaking @USCG Sector #KeyWest is searching for 35-yo Jason Heath. He was reported missing on a 25-ft blue Panga style center console launched from his family's #SugarloafKey residence; last heard from around noon Monday. If you have any info. please call 305-292-8727. #SAR pic.twitter.com/b89WYvXtfG
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) November 24, 2021
But the blue 25-foot Panga center-console powerboat was missing from the dock. A neighbor across the canal reported seeing it there Monday night, but not Tuesday morning.
Heath’s father, already in New Jersey, spoke to his son around noon Monday. Heath didn’t mention any plans for taking the boat out, though he did regularly use it, according to the police report.
