The two were together the night before the Liebling left. Red’s brother, Lorin, also does not believe that he fled to Colombia. She believes that they would have had to kill him because he would not have gone along with them to Colombia. According to his wife, Kim, he was very devoted to her and their three children. While it is conceivable that Red might have abducted his sons, it is unlikely that Mike would have left his family behind. Could Red have taken the boat and his three sons to South America? Pamela does not believe this theory because Red was welcome to visit his sons and take them with him whenever he wanted.
He had recently remarried and was planning to start a second family there. For the last year-and-a-half, Red had been living and fishing there. Tweed speculated that Red may have gone back to Colombia and taken his sons with him.
However, no evidence was found to show what happened to the Liebling. The searches occurred on the shore, in the air, and in the sea for over a week. However, family members asked their congressman to intervene as a result, the Coast Guard launched an expanded search using cutters, small boats, helicopters, and long-range C-130 aircraft.
However, no slick, oil leakage, or debris (like wooden boxes or net floats) were found.Īn initial search was called off a few days later due to strong winds. According to fisherman Chuck Tweed, when a boat like the Liebling sinks, if it has 5,000 to 17,000 gallons of diesel fuel on it, its slick can be seen for miles on the water. They found no evidence that the boat had sunk. By 10am, the Coast Guard had been brought in. On the morning of August 28, when the Liebling did not answer radio calls, a visual search was conducted. Somehow, not knowing is the worst part of all. The family and friends of those onboard have no idea what happened to their loved ones. In the years since its disappearance, no evidence has surfaced to explain its fate. It was simply there one moment, and gone the next. Although they had radio equipment onboard, no distress signals were broadcast. They were last seen by the shrimp boat Cape Sebastian at about 1am, fifteen miles south of Cape Blanco and three miles offshore. Sometime during the night of August 27 into August 28, 1986, the Liebling disappeared. The sea was unusually calm and the elements seemed to be cooperating to ensure an uneventful voyage. The boat left the harbor in Crescent City at dawn and headed north to fish off Cape Blanco, Oregon. Everyone onboard looked forward to an enjoyable time at sea. On this trip, Red’s boys were accompanied by their Springer Spaniel. Besides him, it was crewed by twenty-five-year-old first mate Mike Goergen, an experienced shrimper from Brookings, Oregon. Red was captain of an eighty-foot, twenty-year-old shrimp boat named “The Liebling”. She assumed it was because it was the first time she was letting Caleb go on the trip without her. However, as the car drove around the corner, Pamela had a fearful feeling overcome her. They were excited to go with their father on the trip. Red and the boys said their goodbyes and left. She helped him pack his bag and reminded him to be careful. But, she eventually relented and allowed him to go. At first, Pamela was reluctant to let Caleb go on the trip. When Red arrived at his former wife Pamela’s house on August 26, 1986, his boys looked forward to four days at sea. There was only time for them to go on one last fishing trip with their father. Forty-year-old shrimp boat captain Red Dixson’s three sons, eighteen-year-old Rusty, fourteen-year-old Jason, and six-year-old Caleb, would soon be back in school. Marital Status: Married (Red and Mike) Single (Rusty, Jason, and Caleb)ĭetails: In the small fishing community of Crescent City, in northern California, the summer was ending. Occupation: Shrimpers (Red and Mike) Students (Rusty, Jason, and Caleb) Nicknames: Red (Larry) Rusty (Russell) Mike (Michael) Real Names: Larry Dale Dixson, Russell Dixson, Jason Dixson, Caleb Dixson, and Michael Goergen
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