In 2003, after losing his job, Tim Schuster disappeared. Involved in a difficult divorce his friends feared suicide until police found his body partially dissolved in hydrochloric acid.

In 2006, Stephen Williams' body was found off the coast of Catalina Island, the victim of a gunshot wound to the head. Inheriting nearly $2 million, his plans to sail across the world were cut short after someone drained his finances and ended his life.