Missing Since: 2009-12-12 Location: Miami, Florida
Pritchard was last seen leaving Haulover Beach Marina in Miami, Florida on December 12, 2009. He and Richard Alicea were planning to travel by boat to Bimini, a chain of islands about fifty miles from Miami, which is part of the Bahamas. They were traveling in a White center-console Key Largo boat with a green-blue stripe, one outboard engine and a foam-injected hull. They were never seen or heard from again. Alicea and Pritchard had made successfully the trip to Bimini before in the same boat, but on the day of their disappearances there was a small craft warning in effect, with choppy seas and winds between 32 and 63 miles per hour. It’s unclear whether they were aware of this. An extensive search by the Coast Guard, covering 47,000 miles over the course of six days, turned up nothing. Parts of a boat matching the description of Alicea and Pritchard’s vessel were found on a small, uninhabited island in the Bahamas, but there was no sign of either of the missing men. They are presumed lost at sea. Investigating Agency Miami-Dade Police Department 305-715-3300 Source Information NamUs Florida Department of Law Enforcement The South Florida Sun-Sentinel Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated December 5, 2021; casefile added.