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Austin Childs

Freeport, TX

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Austin Childs
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Austin Childs, 17

On 04/08/2005 around 11:30 p.m., Austin and two other men went fishing offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, 26 miles out in international waters. On 04/10/2005, the U.S. Coast Guard found the boat capsized.

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Case ID5248
Last Seen2005-04-08
CityFreeport
StateTX
Height5' 9"
Weight170
SourceNamUs
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