Located Olivia Newton-John's boyfriend in Mexico, eleven years after his disappearance

It was in July 2005 when Patrick McDermott , the pair of Olivia Newton-John for nine years went fishing from the boat "Freedom" the coasts of California and was never seen again. A week later, his ex - wife, actress Yvette Nipar , reported the disappearance of the father of her child. Since then a search to try to find McDermott was undertaken .

As in any accident or murder in which there is missing the first 48 hours they are key to the investigation. However, when the family reported had spent 10 days and the search was complicated , as the spokesman for the coastguard said. Newton-John was questioned by California authorities , which told them they decided not to make public the disappearance of respect for the family of your partner. In the statement sent to the media he said that he had offered to researchers to try to find McDermott. In the same note he added that losing his partner was being " a truly heartbreaking experience ." A disappearance that came to speculate that could have been a suicide.

The same year of the disappearance, the news agency Associated Press (AP) made ​​known that McDermott was drowned by debt and had several disputes in court with his ex - wife for child support. As reported by AP, the man was declared bankrupt in 2000, leaving more than $ 30,000 duty to some of its creditors .

The star of "Grease" became involved in the search of McDermott that enabled a web page to try to locate him . However, in 2008, after three years of raids by the sea and the coast, the authorities declared officially dead boyfriend Newton-John and his son immediately claimed his $ 100,000 life insurance. Newton-John remade his life soon after marrying secretly tycoon John Easterling.

Now, eleven years after the event that kept on tenterhooks fans of the star of "Grease" McDermott- of Korean origin, who is now 59 years has been found by researchers hired by the "Dateline" NBC News . In 2009 a researcher hired by the family found his traces in Puerto Vallarta , in Jalisco, Mexico. With these data the investigators resumed the search. They have managed to locate thanks to the IP addresses in Puerto Vallarta who followed assiduously the related news McDermott and his disappearance. This trail led them to the beaches of Sayulita, Nayarit and found. McDermott has refused to comment the program and has asked to stop to look .