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Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP, file
Oil tycoon Guma Aguiar is seen in Jerusalem on Aug. 10, 2009. Police are searching for clues after Aguiar disappeared during a boat trip in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Life jackets and a leather prayer box that holds religious texts were found aboard a missing Fort Lauderdale, Fla., oil tycoon’s boat after it ran aground, but Guma Aguiar had left his watch and wedding ring at home, according to a new U.S. Coast Guard report.
More than two months after Aguiar, 35, vanished, the report offers new details and raises more questions about his mental state. His boat was last seen June 19 jumping waves hours before it washed ashore without him on it in Fort Lauderdale, its engines still running. Police found no blood on the boat and no evidence of foul play.
The Coast Guard report, compiled by several officers during the 48-hour air-and-sea search for Aguiar, was obtained by the Sun Sentinel through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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According to logs based on interviews and investigators’ notes, security cameras show Aguiar “leaving his house with a purpose” and getting on a boat. He was “not in a good frame of mind” due to financial problems, and he had an argument with his wife “over divorce,” according to the notes.
Cmdr. Darren Caprara told the Sun Sentinel that the notes don’t prove that Aguiar planned a suicide.
“We don’t truly know where something went wrong,” Caprara said. “We ask hundreds of questions to try and get any small detail to aid our search. What we are really trying to get to is what he could have done out there.”
All the life jackets on Aguiar’s boat were accounted for, and Caprara said the leather box, used by Jews during weekday prayers, “is just another lead. It could have meant that he had a resounding desire to live, and was a highly spiritual person.”
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Aguiar’s mother, Ellen Aguiar, told the Sun Sentinel she did not know her son’s rituals while he was boating.
“I can only speculate that when he left the house, he was upset and took things that gave him solace,” Ellen Aguiar said.
Relatives have said that Aguiar did struggle with mental health problems and was stressed by lawsuits that threatened his financial assets. Friends have also said that he loved his wife and children and can’t imagine he’d intentionally leave them.
Ellen said she has not yet given up hope that her son will be found alive.
Aguiar’s boat floated onto the sand at 1:15 a.m. five hours after he left home on June 20. He remains a missing person case for Fort Lauderdale police.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Hey. He probably has friends and it's much cheaper and less of a hassle to simply disappear than to get divorced. Are his accounts mysteriously emptied too? Hmmmmm. My guess... call the girlfriend (perhaps) and have her arrange to have someone pick you up on your boat. Away you go.
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Nancy
Now that is a plan that I can believe in !!!!!!
Wounder what other kind of trouble that guy was in ????? Maybe the feds were looking for off shore accounts, tax evasion , insider trading ????????????????
Really, of course we don't know. Could be anything, but I bet you BIG MONEY his wife knows more than we do...lots more. It will all come out. I just have a feeling his wife knew something and was using extortion or blackmail to get all she could from him / and this (disappearing act) was his only way out. Call me crazy, but I get feelings and when a person who has THIS much money is in the center of it, it's usually about the Taxes to him and the CASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (to her!).
sure have a boat meet him... take a hell of a couple boaters to go side by side at more than an idle without hitting yet getting close enough to jump off. sure he could open the throttle and jump, but CG would have something if there was another vessle in the area, they are not that stupid.
my guess... he's dead. he was having finacial troubles. wife wanted a divorce. mental health issues. despite what religion he is/was, doesnt mean he didnt drown himself after a good bit of thinking on his boat ride.
being sued for X amount, wife gets half, and in the middle of the argument she could have pointed out he was useless or something in that order, and it stuck. be that somewhat remotely the case, he could have figured himself to be worth more dead than alive (lucky cause most of us are not anymore), and felt everyone would be better off....
the "girl freind" in a boat waiting gave me a good laugh, lol.
And if his accounts have not been drained then he and his girlfriend probably got randy and fell overboard and were tasty treats for sharks. Unless of course they found osama. then it woulda been crabs.
Murder, death, kill. What?
I'm sure the aliens will bring him back eventually. But he'll never be quite the same.
Fun. Good one. But do you think anyone will believe him?
He may have fallen overboard. It is very possible to fall off your moving boat, especially if its rough. And a power boat will keep going and leave you there. He may have drowned after falling off by accident. Lots of people have been lost by falling off their boat and it just sails away on them. When you sail alone, you are suppose to tie yourself to the boat with a rope, just for that reason. In case you fall off.
The "key word" is "moving boat" the boat was in "neutral" when it drifted up on the beach. The Coast Guard review of the on board GPS tracking also indicates that the boat was "moving" at speed then stopped, drifted a little bit made a couple of changes in direction and drifted with the wind direction towards the beach where it was found in "neutral" No one commits suicide by jumping from a boat that's not moving. You would just be in the water "drifting with the boat" And no one falls off from a boat that's in "neutral" without just climbing back on board. That boat by the way comes "stock" with a swim ladder. that folds down and is easily accessible from the water. You do however, place your boat in "neutral" when your climbing on to another vessel that has come along side to pick you up. The mistake this guy made was not reaching back from the "pick up" vessel and kicking his boat in gear. There have been other instances of un-manned boats coming ashore here in So Fl. and all were "in gear". Just a matter of time and this Guy shows up in Israel or somewhere. Guaranteed!!!!!
Yep...wow great investigators we are! (I mean that...very impressive).
Actually, this is a very sad story. Bi-polar disorder, which this gentleman had, is a very difficult mental disorder to manage. Many people with bi-polar, sadly, eventually commit suicide.
Seems like a no-brainer to me. Fight with the wife...she threatens to take everything you own or trash you publicly in front of the world media.. and so you arrange that pal you met in the bar in Florida last year to pick you up in his boat at a certain global position out thereand make like Houdini. Done.
Are his accounts intact?
Nancy; don't quit your day job. Rich and poor alike don't lose "everything" in a divorce (unless they just walk away). "pal you met in a bar" - somebody watches too much TV. "trash you publicly" - I doubt his divorce would have made the local news, and certainly not the world media. Nancy got one thing right; she's a no brainer.
LOL.
Leaving his wedding ring and watch behind is a clue. He was not going to need them; the wedding ring is symbolic but the watch is an item you keep, especially if you go sailing. I am sure it was waterproof.....I feel sorry for his mother and his kids...his wife, well, she was divorcing him, so she is sort of, out of the picture already.
...what led him into depression was Prez-0 & the dems; they made him believe that he is an Evil One-Percenter...
...a wrongful death suit might be an option...
Maybe you will be the next to feed the fish
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ComradeChaos: An insightful and probable explanation. Hilarious.
Please, isn't there enough STUPID in the world? You've removed all doubt. You are a fool for bringing more retarded political propaganda (regardless of party) to a topic that is about a rich man who is missing.
@ GoodC - you guys are sooo freakin' gullible...
...you make it too easy...
Comrade; the only thing you made easy was the ability for others to call you stupid - interesting how your mind tricks you. Man lost at sea = lets slam Democrats? Not exactly a broad thinker. Does your coffee pot make you think politics also?
JP_Patches...what a clown...I bet your idol is Pogo.
Oh the things a guy will do to free himself from her evil clutches.
Yep. "Gone missing" is better than "killed by her", "left with nothing by her" or 'outted/reported to the media/police by her". ~ The wife always knows the truth and the man may have run from that.
comadechaos-really? that you bring politics in...sad
irreguardless of what happened, that is 1 less vote for the alicn muslim living in my whitehouse??? im all for it! !
Irregardless; an erroneous word that, etymologically, means the exact opposite of what it is used to express, attested in non-standard writing from at least 1870s (e.g. "Portsmouth Times," Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S.A., April 11, 1874: "We supported the six successful candidates for Council in the face of a strong opposition.
MasterRN: you beat me to it; however, you neglected to point out he misspelled his fallacious word.
If you went to YOUR Whitehouse they would not let you in. So much for YOUR Whitehouse.
comadechaos must be a troll and retired police is just mean
yet if it was an anti bush joke, you would then telll people to lighten up...its a joke...lol.... darn libtards, so predictable.
everyone has an opinion..i get that...but why must every thread..regardless of subject matter..have some political bs response...
Just because someone doesn't want to die and loves their family, doesn't mean they won't take their own life. I am struggling with this very thing myself. When we realize that the true happiness that we are seeking is unattainable; when the world of man has nothing to offer but one mental/ emotional challenge after another; you can give up simply out of exaustion trying to live in the un-natural worlds others have created for me. I don't want to die, but I don't know how to live in this world without some sort of artificial happiness. The man probably just surrendered to the reality that money doesn't buy happiness, with all his oil company money he didn't make the world a better place for anyone else either. Sometimes we kill ourselves just because we don't know how to live in this mess of a world.
OK DR. Phil
GoodC: I would suggest that you may find happiness in serving others. Volunteer or do other good for others, you might like it. Also, seek God. Rather than go to a church, learn how to read the bible on your own. Church's don't know much, I find.
Good Conscience - I don't know if you are dealing with a mental disorder, as this man was, which was bi-polar. I do hope you make sure to get assistance if you are dealing with something of this nature.
The only other thought I can offer is that no matter how difficult life is, it is our responsibility to find a way to continue. It is our responsibility because our loved ones will have a more difficult time without us. Please find something that will give your life meaning. It is something different for all of us.
Bob - If you are too small to offer Good Conscience support, at least don't leave your sarcastic BS.
He had money problems, a pending divorce, little kids and a mental disorder....that's a lot for a guy to handle. I watched the video they showed of him getting ready to sail the boat. He was moving with determination and was not concerned about the stormy weather. I think he drowned but I don't understand why his body did not wash to shore. Maybe he went where currents move against the beach. By now, he is decomposed and eaten by fish. Sad.
One of the ways you may feel better would be to lose yourself by helping others, in situations worst than you. Once the focus you have on your problems gets lifted, you do forget about you and the discomfort you have and you may be able to see life in a totally different light. I would never concern myself about other people's opinions or views. We are all different and we create our own "sanctuary". Beware of situations that drain your energy, Surround yourself with things, such as animals perhaps that you love, nature and understand everything is in constant motion and never the same. We know it, but to actually feel it is a very healing and liberating sensation.
@GoodC, whitegem1 & ggg2012...lighten up...sheeesh
...if I woulda said he disappeared because he found out his gay lover was teabagging Anderson Cooper, the post would have been deleted or collapsed.
...again...sheesh....
Hey, bring me back my boat and my money. You can keep the ugly skank of a wife.
Stupid misogynist comments are so boring! Just because someone is divorcing (contrary to misogynist thought patterns) does not necessarily mean there was an "ugly skank of a wife". Divorces usually take two. I would say,"Educate yourself and grow up!" but what would be the point?
Also, bi-polar disorder, which this gentleman had, is a very difficult mental disorder to manage. Many people with bi-polar, sadly, eventually commit suicide.
she is a pretty girl.
Someone with money can pay a boat to meet him to take him off somewhere like South America. Act despondent and then pretend other mental health issues. When you disappear out of your boat, it looks like you've jumped to your death or fallen overboard. No more lawsuits, no more feds, no more wife. Everything is good for him, unless they find him.
Suicide by Shark how sad............
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I think he either one, choose to have a friend, not necessarily someone he is dating to get him and went to Israel where he would be safe or another country. 2, Committed sucicide. I know my friends on here, don't let saddness and depression get you down. Remember the people who do love you and NEED you, the fact is, now kids are without him since he committed sucicide, or if he did. He will be resented by them and their wife. 3. He faked his death.4. He had an accident.
BTW, Nick it had nothing to do with Obama, stop buying politico bologna do your research honey and read some more books and The Bible. It cheers me up and keep religion out of politics too. I find it makes life much happier and more fullfilling for me anyways.
Faked his death for the insurance money.
well, that would be a possible move. It would depend how much he had on his life. His mother was putting a fast move on his wife so she could not get her hands on his money. Premature I thought since they were still married. The wife gets it all. It seems he had a complicated personal/emotional life.
No such word as "irregardless". It's "regardless", or its nothing...right, MasterRN?
hey he maybe , he thought he left his watch an ring at home because he wanted a divorce too an the watch she bought for him then he wanted some time to his self to think things out an went to the boat i mean all his problems his kids wife an life an family , you know bad deals things an stuff , an on the boat he thought where to go what to do ???? an ended it by jumping off the boat into the water ??? , or he had some one meet him in another boat , to hide from everyone an the money he hiden away in a nother name plastic surgry a new life in another country hair dye change style of living , i everyone thinks of this one time in life remmember money is power he had the bread an friends .