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In the winter of 2015, a young man named John Switzer, 24 years old and from Starkville, Mississippi, vanished while on a vacation in Gulf Shores, Alabama. He was last in contact with his family on a Saturday, when he took his kayak out into the Gulf of Mexico for a day of fishing. The last communication his family received was a panoramic photograph he took from his kayak, showing the vast expanse of the water before him. When he failed to return home as expected and did not show up for work, h ...Read More
Last Seen: Jan 09, 2015

Victim Details

Nov 16, 2020

Jan 12, 2024

John

Switzer

33

24

73 inches

183 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jan 09, 2015

GULF SHORES

Alabama

Baldwin County

36542

No

95281

Gulf Shores Police Department

Gulf Shores

Alabama

Baldwin County

36542

Nathaniel Harris

Detective Lieutenant

220 Clubhouse Drive, Alabama

2519682431

Local

Law Enforcement

www.gulfshoresal.gov

15GS00682

2015-01-11

Gulf Shores Police Department

Brown

Black

Black

No

05/31/2026


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