FL FL - Jim Trindade, 38, St. Lucie County's Coast, Jan 2006

T-Rex said:

That's a weird one.
Here's another.
http://neileddleman.home.comcast.net/

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...when Roger Gamblin, owner of Flagler Title, and his wife, Peggy, suddenly disappeared about two weeks ago, their absence touched off some serious worry - and some very ripe rumors...

...That's because Gamblin was best friends with Jim Trindade, the popular boater and fisherman who mysteriously disappeared at sea on Jan. 12, 2006...

...(Federal Agents) are convinced that Trindade stumbled on a drug transaction at sea, between the Bahamas and Palm Beach County, was killed and then dumped in the ocean...

... They also believe Gamblin's son, Chris, who was traveling in a boat near Trindade's that day on their way back from the Bahamas, may have been involved...

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- A South Florida couple accused of stealing $10 million of their clients' money and then fleeing the state is now in the Palm Beach County Jail.

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Finally, some hoped, the couple would cough up information about the 2006 disappearance of their once close friend Jimmy Trindade.

But a month after they returned from 2 1/2 years on the lam, Roger Gamblin, 62, died from long-standing heart problems. Peggy Gamblin, 54, alone was left to take the fall for the collapse of Flagler Title Co. and to offer any information she had about Trindade's disappearance at sea.

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On Friday, surrounded by family and friends, Gamblin was sentenced to 15 months in prison for being loyal to Roger Gamblin, her husband of 28 years, instead of turning him into authorities and admitting what she knew about the spectacular collapse of Flagler Title Co.

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Jim Trindade disappeared from his 38-foot Donzi in January 2006 even as it was trailed by two boats, including one occupied by the son of his close friend Roger Gamblin. The boats became separated and a Mayday call went out from Trindade’s boat. Eleven hours later, the Coast Guard found the boat about 38 miles off of St. Lucie County but Trindade was gone.

Gamblin, 58, president of Flagler Title Co., suspected hijackers. but two years later, he disappeared, his company missing $8.8 million. That sparked the theory that Trindade was killed by drug smugglers who might or might not have been working with Gamblin to close a gaping hole in his company’s finances. Gamblin was on the lam for two years but never answered the questions surrounding his friend’s disappearance: He died in federal custody a month after his capture.

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In 2006, Gamblin's best friend Jim Trindade disappeared at sea between the Bahamas and South Florida. Federal agents believe he may have fallen victim to ocean-going drug traffickers, but family and friends of Trindade are skeptical of this story...

Gamblins' son and his best friend were the last to see Trindade alive and were considered persons of interest in his disappearance, says the Dept. of Homeland Security.

No charges were ever filed against the Gamblins in that particular case, but in Oct. 2009 a federal grand jury indicted the couple on eight counts accusing them of using their clients' money to finance their lavish lifestyle and pay personal and business bills...

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