Colleen Wood moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida from Ohio in the late 1990s. She was employed as an office manager at Lighthouse Point Marina. Wood met her boyfriend, John L. Paul Sr., in August or October 1999. Paul was part of an established father and son car racing team, as well as a former financial consultant. He owned a 55-foot boat and planned to embark on a five-year sailing tour around the world with Wood. She moved on to Pauls boat shortly after selling her condominium and quitting her job. He renamed the vessel The Diamond Girl (she was originally named The Island Girl) in early 2000. Colleen Wood was last seen sometime during mid-December 2000. She called her son in Ohio on December 3rd and said that she and Paul were planning to depart on their trip within a few weeks. One of Woods friends invited her to a holiday party on December 13th. The friend said that Wood was in Key West, Florida at the time of their conversation. She was reportedly in good spirits. Colleen Wood has never been heard from again. Woods family reported her as a missing person to Florida authorities in April 2001. Her cellular phone service had been cancelled sometime beforehand. Investigators spoke with Paul in May 2001. He initially cooperated with the case. He was never charged in connection with Woods disappearance. Her family became concerned for her safety after learning about Pauls past in 2001. He plead guilty to shooting a business associate in Florida in the early 1980s. Paul had also been sentenced to 20 years in prison for smuggling marijuana into the United States. He was released in 1992. Colleens loved ones stated that she would have been upset if she was aware of Pauls history. Paul told authorities that he and Colleen had a financial argument in mid-December 2000. He said that she left the boat, then returned with two men to remove her belongings. Woods son claimed that Paul allegedly told his daughter that Colleen was angered over a situation with his previous girlfriend and terminated their relationship. Paul also allegedly told Woods son the same scenario he offered to officials regarding her disappearance. Paul reportedly departed from the Fort Lauderdale area during the summer of 2001 on his boat. Authorities stated that he is not a suspect in Woods case, but they would like to question him again regarding her disappearance. Authorities discovered that approximately $38,000 had been withdrawn from Woods bank account through an automatic teller machine in Fort Lauderdale between December 2000 - February 2001. It is not believed that Colleen withdrew the money herself. Two advertisements were placed in a Florida newspaper and purchased with Woods credit card in December 2001. One of the ads was a job announcement for a first mate aboard a boat and the other was a personal ad from a male seeking a female. Investigators determined that an unidentified man purchased the ads in Colleen Woods name shortly beforehand. Colleen Wood has been missing for over 12 years. She is 52, 115 lbs. and has blonde hair and brown eyes. She may use the last name of Tandarich. Colleen Wood would today be 65 years old. ~Alex~
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:41:39 +0000