Missing
Herold Robert Bock
Bock, approximately 1997
Date reported missing : 11/09/1997
Missing location (approx) :
Los Angeles, California
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 01/01/1932 (89)
Age at the time of disappearance: 65 years old
Height / Weight : 5'5, 220 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Gray hair, brown eyes. Bock may have a full beard. He is a pipe smoker. Some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies may spell his first name "Harold."
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Bock and his daughter, Jeannie Chavez, were last seen at a marina in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on November 9, 1997. They set sail on a black 64-foot schooner with yellow trim and a white sail, the Connie B., from the site during the day.
Bock and Chavez were planning to travel to Sitka, Alaska at the time. Bock estimated that the trip would take approximately 30 days. They never arrived at their destination and have never been seen again.
The last contact with either Bock or Chavez took place on the day of their departure from California. Some accounts state the Connie B. was never located; others that it was wrecked. Both Bock and Chavez's disappearances remain unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Los Angeles Police Department
213-485-5381
213-485-2603
September 2021 updates and sources
Los Angeles Police Department
California Attorney General's Office
October 12, 2004. February 3, 2007; middle name and DOB : added.
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