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He was never formally declared dead. The case, by every legal standard, remains unresolved. Whether Patrick McDermott drowned in the Pacific or walked away from his own life has never been established. Sean Flynn, Sean Flynn was the son of Errol Flynn. His father was one of the most celebrated actors of Hollywood's golden era,handsome, larger than life, and famous across the world. Sean had grown up in that considerable shadow. He was attractive in the same way. He had opportunities that most people never see. He could have spent his life trading on his father's name. Instead, he became a photojournalist.He covered some of the most dangerous assignments of his era. He was in Vietnam during the war. He reported from Nigeria during the Biafran conflict. He traveled across the Middle East during periods of intense instability. He worked alongside some of the most respected conflict photographers of his generation. He had a reputation for pushing further than most of his colleagues were willing to go. On April 6th, 1970, Sean and a fellow journalist named Dana Stone mounted motorcycles and rode east from Phnom Penh into the Cambodian countryside. They were following Route 1 toward a story. The Khmer Rouge were active in the region. The roads were not safe. Both men knew this. They went anyway. A local tribe later reported seeing the two journalists continuing deeper into the country beyond where most Western correspondents would travel. After that account, there was nothing. No distress call was ever made. No remains were ever found. No photographs, no documents, no testimony from anyone who witnessed what happened to them. The most widely accepted theory was that they had been captured by Khmer Rouge forces. That theory was never substantiated with evidence. No proof of capture was ever produced. No proof of execution. No proof of anything.