A week searching for Adam: contradictions and unknowns in the disappearance at sea of the minor

Girona / BarcelonaA week ago, Adam and his friends took a guided jet ski tour from Roses beach.However, for reasons still under investigation, as the sun set, the sixteen-year-old boy did not return to shore with the rest of the group. Seven days later, he remains missing. Only his jet ski has been found, on the coast of Pals, about 25 kilometers south of the departure point, with a severe impact.

During the entire weekend, firefighters and the Maritime Rescue Service of the Civil Guard have meticulously searched this entire area of the Costa Brava by sea and air. Without success. Now, only divers from the Spanish authority are working on the ground. After so many days, the firefighters and other emergency services have withdrawn. Now, the search is called passive.

The Civil Guard has taken over the investigation of the case to clarify the reasons for the disappearance and, for the moment, they are working with the hypothesis that the young man lost his life jacket at some point and would have drowned. However, the information is very vague and the statements of those involved, both the young people and the company officials, are contradictory, which makes it difficult to know how the events occurred.

Contradictions

It is not clear how many young people were part of the group on the outing and if they were wearing life jackets. Nor if they were actually accompanied by a monitor, as regulations dictate, and if they had the necessary qualifications. The Guardia Civil also finds it very strange that the young people or the company did not call the emergency number until around eleven at night, almost two hours later. On paper, this was the moment the group lost sight of the minor. Regarding the jet ski impact, it must be clarified whether it is the result of the vehicle's drift or if it occurred during the excursion. The Guardia Civil is also surprised by the appearance of the jet ski so many kilometers away.

Police are also investigating until what time they were at sea, as it is not possible to move with jet skis when it is already dark. The activity also required authorization from parents – necessary when the riders are under 16 years of age – and it is also being reviewed if it was present. "Everything is very strange," corroborate all consulted sources.

The company has temporarily closed

The Civil Guard is also investigating whether the company complied with all permits, such as the use of GPS locators in all vehicles. On Friday, agents sealed off the business's jet skis, which has temporarily closed and deactivated its website. It had been operating for approximately one year with a premises in the Santa Margarida canals area, until now without any incidents. It also had very active social networks which have been deleted, and on Google Maps it appears that the business is closed. The website is "under development".

Meanwhile, in the face of so much uncertainty, Adam's family, of Maghrebi origin and well-rooted in the town, has made a call on social networks, disseminating an image of the minor and asking for citizen collaboration. They have done this from their personal accounts, with posts that have already been deleted. But the poster continues to circulate and the family has explicitly asked this newspaper to make it public and not to stop the diffusion. The poster informs that the young man is one meter eighty tall, has black hair, brown eyes, and that last Wednesday he was wearing a white t-shirt.