Missing John Stephen Claypool Claypool, approximately 1998 Date reported missing : 01/12/1998 Missing location (approx) : Lake Worth, Florida Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing Gender : Male Ethnicity : White DOB : 01/25/1962 (59) Age at the time of disappearance: 35 years old Height / Weight : 5'8, 175 pounds Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Claypool was last seen in Lake Worth, Florida on January 12, 1998. He was diving with some friends that day and disappeared while trying to surface from a 245-foot dive on a sunken barge two miles off the Port of Palm Beach. Claypool apparently lost control of his buoyancy and began to struggle. Two of his companions tried to help him, while a fourth diver made it to the top and alerted the dive boat. He never surfaced and has never been heard from again. Claypool was employed as a police detective in West Palm Beach, Florida at the time of his disappearance. He is presumed to have drowned. Other information and links : ncy Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office 800-458-8477 September 2021 updates and sources The Doe Network October 12, 2004. March 31, 2018; middle name and picture added. |