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His brother, Miles Dabord, who had struggled with mental health and financial instability for years. And a crew member named Bertrand Saldo, a Frenchman with sailing experience.Only Miles returned. Miles Dabord docked the catamaran in Tahiti in July 2002. He was the only person on board. He told port authorities and later investigators varying and inconsistent accounts of what had happened to the other three. In one version, there had been a tragic accident. In another, the details were different. The inconsistencies were significant. Investigators who interviewed him did not believe they were hearing the full truth. Miles was identified as the last known person to have seen Bison Dele, Serena Karlan, and Bertrand Saldo alive. The evidence pointed toward foul play. French Polynesian and American investigators began working the case. But before Miles could be formally questioned under arrest, he had left Tahiti. Authorities tracked him to Phoenix, Arizona. He was found in a diabetic coma in a hotel room. He had injected himself with an overdose of insulin. He was transported to a hospital. He never regained consciousness. He died without ever giving a full account of what had happened aboard that boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. No charges were ever filed. No one was ever prosecuted. The bodies of Bison Dele, Serena Karlan, and Bertrand Saldo have never been recovered. The ocean between Tahiti and wherever they disappeared holds no record of what happened. Three people who boarded that catamaran alive never came home. The only person who knew the truth took it with him.