UPDATE: O’Neil Patrick McGean has since been found dead, and his killers captured by police.
The family has requested that this news be spread without media speculation. For that reason, La politica is posting the following unedited press release:
The family has requested that this news be spread without media speculation. For that reason, La politica is posting the following unedited press release:
O’Neil Patrick McGean, an American full-time resident of
Mazatlán, Sinaloa for 10 years, has been missing since Tuesday, Oct. 25 under
suspicious circumstances.
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| O’Neil Patrick McGean |
McGean was last heard from earlier that evening, as he was
on his way to meet a new friend at the Hotel Punta Pacifico, at the far north
end of this popular retirement and vacation destination for foreigners. His
last communication was with another friend at about 8pm, saying that he was on
his way.
After that, he has not been seen or heard from. The vehicle
he was driving, a white Spark (license plate VRK-1996) was found by friends
early Saturday morning parked on Camaron Sabalo one of the busiest streets in
the center of the tourist area, near the restaurant Los Zarapes. Neighbors said
it had been there for several days. It is now in police custody.
Friends and family say the 52-year-old McGean was a
reliable, dependable business owner who would not have disappeared without
telling them and would never have left his dogs unattended. He has no history
of drug use or involvement and was not a person who partied irresponsibly. For
many years he managed the Old Mazatlán Condos in Centro Historico and two years
ago also opened Café Playa Sur in a nearby neighborhood, which has been closed
for remodeling since April of this year. McGean was actively involved with many
charitable organizations and gave freely of his time and energy. He was born in
the state of Maryland and lived most of his adult life in Bisbee, Arizona,
until moving to Mazatlán in 2006.
Family members have been in Mazatlán since Thursday. The
U.S. State Department and FBI are also actively involved. This morning the
family issued a statement:
“We’d like to express our family’s deepest and most sincere
gratitude for the love and support we have received from the Mazatlán
community. It continues to give us strength and hope that our beloved brother
O’Neil will be found safely. However, we are greatly concerned by the little
information we’re receiving, as time is of the essence. O’Neil loves Mazatlán
and the wonderful people who have become a second family to him, and considers
Mexico his second home.”
McGean’s family has asked anyone with any information to
please contact US line 831-420-8802, Mazatlán cell number 669-198-1599, or
email: bringoneilhome@gmail.com.
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