Jack Murrian
- Missing Since04/24/1991
- Missing FromMelbourne, Florida
- ClassificationLost/Injured Missing
- SexMale
- RaceWhite
- Date of Birth07/22/1929 (94)
- Age61 years old
- Height and Weight6'0, 185 pounds
- Associated Vehicle(s)Single-engine Piper Comanche plane
- Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. White hair, brown eyes. Murrian has scars on his left elbow, left wrist and right cheek.
Details of Disappearance
Murrian took off from Melbourne Regional Airport in his single-engine Piper Comanche plane at 4:30 p.m. on May 8, 1991. He didn't file a flight plan because he only expected to be gone for about half an hour. He never returned from his flight and has never been heard from again. His plane was never found.His wife reported him missing early the next day. Authorities believe he crashed the plane in a remote area. A twelve-day search, involving 298 flights over a 10,000 square mile area, turned up no sign of him. Although he had only planned on a brief recreational flight, his plane had enough fuel to fly as far as 700 miles.
Murrian is an experienced pilot with more than 2,200 hours of flying time and multiple Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ratings. He grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee and attended Central High School, and his five siblings all still lived in Knoxville in 1991. He worked as a maintenance man at the time of his disappearance and was a deacon at Lockmar Baptist Church.
His case remains unsolved, but he is presumed deceased. He has since been declared legally dead.
Some agencies give the date of Murrian's disappearance as April 24, 1991.
Investigating Agency
- Brevard County Sheriff's Office 321-264-5100
