The person at the center of this case
Bobby Linwood Barbers
Missing Person · Open / Unsolved
15 years waiting · since 2010
Missing Person: Bobby Linwood Barbers
Justice for Bobby Linwood Barbers — the trail went cold in 2010, but the truth hasn't.
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evidence
Lead #1Why was the crewmember not wearing a life jacket despite being on watch aboard a fishing vessel?
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witness
Lead #2What exactly did the relieving crew member observe when they could not locate Barbers on watch?
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clue
Lead #3Were there any signs of struggle, injury, or other circumstances that might explain how he fell overboard?
Bobby Linwood Barbers, a 54-year-old crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Gallant Fox, went missing on July 2, 2010, after falling overboard near Oregon Inlet, North Carolina. The Coast Guard launched an immediate and extensive search involving multiple rescue vessels, aircraft, and personnel, but Barbers was never located. The case remains unsolved, with questions persisting about the circumstances of his fall and why he was not wearing a life jacket.
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Lead #4What was the exact sequence of events leading up to the discovery that Barbers was missing?
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NamUs case MP7646. Missing person: Bobby Linwood Barbers.
Last known contact: 2010-07-02 in Oregon Inlet, Hyde, NC. Circumstances: The Coast Guard received a call at 5 a.m.
from a crewmember aboard the fishing boat Gallant Fox reporting a crewman had fallen overboard. The Coast Guard says the missing crewman was on watch when another member of the crew went to relieve him and couldn't locate the man.
The crewmember was wearing a black t-shirt, denim shorts and no life-jacket. A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cochito, homeported in Norfolk, Va., a C-130 aircrew and a HH-60T Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., are searching for the man.
Demographics: 54 years, Male, Black / African American. Physical description: 5 ft 9 in, 205 lbs, hair: Black, eyes: Brown.
Clothing and accessories: Clothing: black short sleeved T-shirt, demin shorts. Investigating agency: US Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads | 2010-07-01.
Timeline of Events
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2010-07-02
05:00Man overboard report
Coast Guard received a call at 5 a.m. from the fishing vessel Gallant Fox reporting a crewman had fallen overboard. The missing crewmember was on watch when another crew member went to relieve him and could not locate him.
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2010-07-02
05:00Search and rescue operation launched
Multiple Coast Guard assets responded including a rescue boat from Station Oregon Inlet, the Cutter Cochito from Norfolk, Virginia, a C-130 aircrew, and an HH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
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Case Information
Incident:July 2, 2010 at 5:00 AM
Last Updated:June 18, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:July 2, 2010 at 5:00 AM
Last Updated:June 18, 2026
Have Information?
Any information, no matter how small, could be crucial to solving this case.
Phone: 2522474544
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