In the late autumn of 2017, a sense of quiet concern fell over the crew of the 'Fortune Harmony', a Chinese cargo vessel. The ship was docked at the CHS terminal in Myrtle Grove, a location situated in the industrial waterways of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, near Venice. Among the crew was Wei Xiao, a 35-year-old deck-hand, who was a familiar presence to his shipmates. On the evening of November 24th, as the day's work wound down, Mr.
Xiao was seen on the deck of the vessel at approximately 6:30 p.m. This would be the last confirmed sighting of him. His absence was noted later, and a search of the vast ship yielded no clues as to his whereabouts.
The disappearance of Wei Xiao prompted the involvement of local law enforcement. The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office was notified the following day, November 25, 2017, and they promptly opened a missing person investigation, assigning it case number 17-11740. The details known were sparse; Mr. Xiao, an Asian male with black hair and brown eyes, stood at five feet seven inches and weighed around 165 pounds. He was simply gone. The circumstances were puzzling, as he vanished from the contained environment of the large vessel while it was securely docked. Investigators faced the difficult task of piecing together a timeline and searching for a man who had vanished without a trace into the Louisiana night.
The investigation into Wei Xiao's disappearance has been met with significant challenges, compounded by the lack of public information in the years that have followed. As a foreign national working on a transient vessel, his connections to the local Louisiana area were limited, making it difficult to establish leads outside the confines of the 'Fortune Harmony'. The case remains an unresolved and deeply concerning mystery. Without any witnesses to his disappearance or discovery of his whereabouts, the fate of Wei Xiao is unknown. The official record of his disappearance serves as a somber reminder of a life interrupted, leaving his family and colleagues without answers, and the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office with an open and perplexing case.Last Seen: Nov 24, 2017
