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William Patient

Missing From: Juno Beach, Florida
Missing Since: May 5, 2013
Age: 27
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 145

Summary

William was last seen in Juno Beach, Florida on May 5, 2013. At the time, he was enrolled in The Academy, a residential center for troubled teens, where he was receiving treatment for depression and substance abuse. He and a group of nine other boys from The Academy had gone on an outing and Billy was last seen floating in the ocean off Juno Beach at 4:30 p.m. When the others came to shore, William wasn't with them and he left his clothes and wallet on the beach. He has never been heard from again and an extensive search of the area turned up no sign of him. William was a freshman at Viera High School at the time of his disappearance. He became deeply depressed after his father died in 2012, and as a result his family enrolled him in The Academy in late April 2013. After he went missing, Billy's mother discovered The Academy, which is run by the Tennessee-based company American Addiction Centers, didn't offer the kind of housing and supervision it advertised. She had been told Billy would live in a home-like setting, but in fact he and the other boys enrolled in the program were staying at a hotel three miles from The Academy's headquarters. A few months after William’s disappearance, there was activity on his personal Facebook page; someone was logging in and checking messages. This led his mother to believe he was alive and had left on his own accord. Authorities were unable to trace the person who used William’s Facebook account, and the circumstances of his disappearance remain unclear. His case is unsolved.


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MPIA Case Number: 3276
Created: October 10, 2024 6:58 pm
Updated: October 10, 2024 6:58 pm

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