Legal battles between the families of two Florida teens missing at sea, who disappeared nearly two years ago, continue with a wrongful death lawsuit announced Friday at the Palm Beach County Courthouse.
“This lawsuit is about truth, accountability and justice,” attorney Guy Rubin wrote in a prepared statement delivered on behalf of Pamela Cohen, mother of Perry Cohen, who vanished into the waters off Jupiter Inlet with friend Austin Stephanos during a fishing excursion on July 24, 2015. Monday marks two years since the 14-year-old boys’ disappearance and presumed deaths that made headlines worldwide.
The suit also names co-plaintiff John Eric Romano,...
“This lawsuit is about truth, accountability and justice,” attorney Guy Rubin wrote in a prepared statement delivered on behalf of Pamela Cohen, mother of Perry Cohen, who vanished into the waters off Jupiter Inlet with friend Austin Stephanos during a fishing excursion on July 24, 2015. Monday marks two years since the 14-year-old boys’ disappearance and presumed deaths that made headlines worldwide.
The suit also names co-plaintiff John Eric Romano,...
- 7/21/2017
- by Devan Stuart Lesley
- PEOPLE.com
On the heels of a controversial report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Pamela Cohen, mother of 14-year-old Perry Cohen who went missing at sea nearly two years ago while fishing with his friend has released a statement, via attorney Guy Rubin.
The report found that Carlson “Carly” Black, mother of Austin Stephanos, also 14 at the time of the Tequesta teens’ disappearance, showed “egregious lapse of judgment” and may have violated Florida’s child abuse and neglect laws when she allowed the boys to take Austin’s “minimally equipped” 19-foot 1978 SeaCraft offshore from South Florida’s Jupiter Point. Black...
The report found that Carlson “Carly” Black, mother of Austin Stephanos, also 14 at the time of the Tequesta teens’ disappearance, showed “egregious lapse of judgment” and may have violated Florida’s child abuse and neglect laws when she allowed the boys to take Austin’s “minimally equipped” 19-foot 1978 SeaCraft offshore from South Florida’s Jupiter Point. Black...
- 6/19/2017
- by Devan Stuart Lesley
- PEOPLE.com
Investigators with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement say the mother of one of two teen boys who disappeared during a fishing trip nearly two years ago showed an “egregious lapse of judgement and failure to exercise due care.”
In a newly released report obtained by People, the Fdle says the actions – or lack thereof – of Carlson “Carly” Black, mother of 14-year-old Austin Stephanos, “had the effect of culminating in the disappearance of both boys who are now believed to have perished.”
Austin and his friend Perry Cohen, also 14, vanished into the waters off South Florida’s Jupiter Inlet on...
In a newly released report obtained by People, the Fdle says the actions – or lack thereof – of Carlson “Carly” Black, mother of 14-year-old Austin Stephanos, “had the effect of culminating in the disappearance of both boys who are now believed to have perished.”
Austin and his friend Perry Cohen, also 14, vanished into the waters off South Florida’s Jupiter Inlet on...
- 6/18/2017
- by Devan Stuart Lesley
- PEOPLE.com
Fourteen months after the disappearance of two Florida teens, Pamela Cohen took to Instagram on Sunday to post a sweet photo of her son. "14 Months without you my love. You will Forever be my Always.... #perryjcohenfoundation #bestboy #Pjcf #wemissperry #loveyoumoretodaythanyesterday." Cohen describes herself on Instagram as "Perry's Mom Forever" and created the Perry J. Cohen Foundation with her husband, Nicholas Korniloff, in September 2015 after her son went missing in July. The foundation's mission is to raise "awareness and education" for the "safe enjoyment of recreational boating, fishing, and water sports." In May, Cohen told People she visited her son's bedroom at least once a day.
- 9/27/2016
- by Alexia Fernandez, @alexiafedz
- PEOPLE.com
Fourteen months after the disappearance of two Florida teens, Pamela Cohen took to Instagram on Sunday to post a sweet photo of her son. "14 Months without you my love. You will Forever be my Always.... #perryjcohenfoundation #bestboy #Pjcf #wemissperry #loveyoumoretodaythanyesterday." Cohen describes herself on Instagram as "Perry's Mom Forever" and created the Perry J. Cohen Foundation with her husband, Nicholas Korniloff, in September 2015 after her son went missing in July. The foundation's mission is to raise "awareness and education" for the "safe enjoyment of recreational boating, fishing, and water sports." In May, Cohen told People she visited her son's bedroom at least once a day.
- 9/27/2016
- by Alexia Fernandez, @alexiafedz
- PEOPLE.com
The 19-foot Seacraft boat that missing Florida teens Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen took into the Atlantic Ocean from Jupiter Inlet on July 24 is back in Florida. Recovered by the crew of a Norwegian freighter 100 miles off the Bermuda coast, the boat arrived in Port Everglades late Sunday, transported in a shipping container on the USA-registered Yorktown Express. Like Austin's iPhone 6 - which was recovered in a latched compartment and quickly returned to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (Fwc) - the boat itself now becomes a potential point of contention between the boys' families and law enforcement. At...
- 5/16/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
The 19-inch Seacraft boat that missing Florida teens Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen took into the Atlantic Ocean from Jupiter Inlet on July 24 is back in Florida. Recovered by the crew of a Norwegian freighter 100 miles off the Bermuda coast, the boat arrived in Port Everglades late Sunday, transported in a shipping container on the USA-registered Yorktown Express. Like Austin's iPhone 6 - which was recovered in a latched compartment and quickly returned to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (Fwc) - the boat itself now becomes a potential point of contention between the boys' families and law enforcement. At...
- 5/16/2016
- by evan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
It's another heartbreak in a search for answers for the families of two Florida teens missing at sea since July. In a Tuesday night conference call, a team leader at Cupertino, California-based Apple, Inc. informed attorneys for the families of Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen that they were unable to restore Austin's recently recovered iPhone 6 to working order. The phone and other personal effects were found in a latched compartment of the 19-foot Seacraft boat that the boys, longtime friends who boated and fished together often, took off in from Jupiter Point on July 24. Crewmembers of a Norwegian freighter recovered...
- 5/12/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
It's another heartbreak in a search for answers for the families of two Florida teens missing at sea since July. In a Tuesday night conference call, a team leader at Cupertino, California-based Apple, Inc. informed attorneys for the families of Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen that they were unable to restore Austin's recently recovered iPhone 6 to working order. The phone and other personal effects were found in a latched compartment of the 19-foot Seacraft boat that the boys, longtime friends who boated and fished together often, took off in from Jupiter Point on July 24. Crewmembers of a Norwegian freighter recovered...
- 5/12/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
The father of one of the two Florida boys missing at sea since a July 24 fishing excursion holds his final communication with his son close. "I still have his last text that I can't delete," Phil Cohen, Perry Cohen's biological father, told People. "It says, 'I love you.' If I could talk to Perry once more, I would tell him,'I love you so much. I miss you so much. I would do anything to hold you in my arms again. I'd do anything to hear that laugh.'" Now, Phil Cohen has entered the legal battle over...
- 5/7/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
The father of one of the two Florida boys missing at sea since a July 24 fishing excursion holds his final communication with his son close. "I still have his last text that I can't delete," Phil Cohen, Perry Cohen's biological father, told People. "It says, 'I love you.' If I could talk to Perry once more, I would tell him,'I love you so much. I miss you so much. I would do anything to hold you in my arms again. I'd do anything to hear that laugh.'" Now, Phil Cohen has entered the legal battle over...
- 5/7/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
As a legal battle over the fate of the iPhone belonging to one of two Florida teens missing at sea since a July 24 fishing excursion continues, some officials and family members are taking note of one item missing from their vessel that most boaters consider crucial: a Vhf radio. Though not required for recreational vessels less than 65.6 feet, boating safety advocates consider Vhf radios the single-most important piece of equipment a boater can have in the event of an emergency. Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, were operating a 19-foot single-engine Seacraft without a radio when they steered out of...
- 5/6/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
As a legal battle over the fate of the iPhone belonging to one of two Florida teens missing at sea since a July 24 fishing excursion continues, some officials and family members are taking note of one item missing from their vessel that most boaters consider crucial: a Vhf radio. Though not required for recreational vessels less than 65.6 feet, boating safety advocates consider Vhf radios the single-most important piece of equipment a boater can have in the event of an emergency. Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, were operating a 19-foot single-engine Seacraft without a radio when they steered out of...
- 5/6/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
In the nearly nine months since 14-year-old Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos vanished during a July 24 boating excursion from South Florida's Jupiter Inlet, the boys' families have worked tirelessly and tearfully to find out just what happened to their sons. Though both families share the same goal, their ways of going about getting the answers they so desperately need have driven a deep divide and led to a highly publicized - and criticized - court battle. "In our private lives, we were very private," Perry's stepfather Nicholas Korniloff tells People in an exclusive interview at the family's Tequesta home. "We...
- 5/5/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
At least once a day, Pamela Cohen goes into her son Perry's bedroom, seeking an ever-elusive moment of solace. "I lay in his bed, talk to him, look at his picture every day," she tells People. Perry, along with his best friend Austin Stephanos, vanished at sea last July while on a fishing excursion. The tragedy ripped a void in the lives of two families and an entire coastal South Florida community. For Cohen and husband Nick Korniloff, the grief is compounded by not knowing just what happened to the 14-year-old boys, Cohen says. "It's a constant. There is no relief from it.
- 5/4/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
At least once a day, Pamela Cohen goes into her son Perry's bedroom, seeking an ever-elusive moment of solace. "I lay in his bed, talk to him, look at his picture every day," she tells People. Perry, along with his best friend Austin Stephanos, vanished at sea last July while on a fishing excursion. The tragedy ripped a void in the lives of two families and an entire coastal South Florida community. For Cohen and husband Nick Korniloff, the grief is compounded by not knowing just what happened to the 14-year-old boys, Cohen says. "It's a constant. There is no relief from it.
- 5/4/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
Since July, the nation has been transfixed on the heartbreaking disappearance of two Florida teenagers who vanished during a boating excursion. Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14, set out for a day of fishing from Jupiter Inlet just hours before a violent storm hit. Though many maintain the most likely scenario is that the storm capsized the boys' boat, some factors point to the possibility of something far more nefarious. "I think there's a 60 percent chance of foul play," Beverly Hills-based criminal defense attorney Mark McBride tells People. McBride bases his suspicions primarily on an as-yet-unexplained discovery on the boy's 19-foot Seacraft boat,...
- 5/3/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
Since July, the nation has been transfixed on the heartbreaking disappearance of two Florida teenagers who vanished during a boating excursion. Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14, set out for a day of fishing from Jupiter Inlet just hours before a violent storm hit. Though many maintain the most likely scenario is that the storm capsized the boys' boat, some factors point to the possibility of something far more nefarious. "I think there's a 60 percent chance of foul play," Beverly Hills-based criminal defense attorney Mark McBride tells People. McBride bases his suspicions primarily on an as-yet-unexplained discovery on the boy's 19-foot Seacraft boat,...
- 5/3/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
The family of Perry Cohen, one of two Florida teens - both 14 - that have been missing at sea since July, dispute allegations that they withheld information collected in a private search and rescue effort conducted in the days after the boys disappeared. At issue is an investigation commissioned by Nicholas Korniloff, Perry Cohen's stepfather, and conducted by Six Maritime, a Gainesville-based firm that offers a range of maritime services including search and rescue, security and tactical training. The firm's effort focused in part on the discovery of two life jackets and a floatation device on the Georgia shore shortly after the boys' disappearance.
- 5/1/2016
- by Devan Lesley
- PEOPLE.com
A week of emotional and legal wrangling between the families of two Tequesta, Fl teens missing at sea culminated today in an agreement over the handling of an iPhone that belonged to one of the boys and may hold valuable clues as to their fate. In a West Palm Beach court hearing earlier today, Judge Gregory Keyser ordered that the phone be overnighted via FedEx to Apple, Inc.'s California headquarters to undergo a full forensics investigation. The emergency hearing was called by an attorney for Pamela Cohen, mother of 14-year-old Perry Cohen who, along with longtime friend Austin Stephanos,...
- 4/29/2016
- by Devan Lesley
- PEOPLE.com
The family of one of the two Florida teens who disappeared at sea last summer is speaking out for the first time after being sued by the mother of the other missing teen over the iPhone that was found aboard the boys' derelict fishing boat. Margaux Stephanos, Austin Stephanos's aunt, defended how Austin's parents have handled the phone, which belonged to their son. The family of Perry Cohen, Austin's friend who was also lost at sea, says the device could hold clues about what happened aboard the boat before the 14-year-old friends vanished. "The family of Austin Stephanos will never...
- 4/29/2016
- by Devan Lesley
- PEOPLE.com
The family of one of the two Florida teens who disappeared at sea last summer is speaking out for the first time after being sued by the mother of the other missing teen over the iPhone that was found aboard the boys' derelict fishing boat. Margaux Stephanos, Austin Stephanos's aunt, defended how Austin's parents have handled the phone, which belonged to their son. The family of Perry Cohen, Austin's friend who was also lost at sea, says the device could hold clues about what happened aboard the boat before the 14-year-old friends vanished. "The family of Austin Stephanos will never...
- 4/29/2016
- by Devan Lesley
- PEOPLE.com
It has been nine months since Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both, 14, set out from Florida's Jupiter Inlet on a boating excursion and never returned. The months following the boys' July disappearance have seen intense searches, haunting discoveries, legal battles and two families' efforts to move forward. Here is everything we know about the situation involving the still-missing Tequesta teenagers: The Tragic DayPerry and Austin, longtime friends from South Florida, set out on their last boating trip on July 24. They were both last seen buying fuel for their 19-ft., single-engine fishing boat near Jupiter before taking off. The boys went...
- 4/29/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
It has been nine months since Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both, 14, set out from Florida's Jupiter Inlet on a boating excursion and never returned. The months following the boys' July disappearance have seen intense searches, haunting discoveries, legal battles and two families' efforts to move forward. Here is everything we know about the situation involving the still-missing Tequesta teenagers: The Tragic DayPerry and Austin, longtime friends from South Florida, set out on their last boating trip on July 24. They were both last seen buying fuel for their 19-ft., single-engine fishing boat near Jupiter before taking off. The boys went...
- 4/29/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
A heated dispute between the families of two missing Tequesta, Florida teenagers over an iPhone belonging to one of the boys will take another turn Friday in a West Palm Beach, Florida courtroom. The family of Perry Cohen have secured an emergency hearing, seeking to have a judge order the family of Austin Stephanos to return the phone to law enforcement for forensics evaluation. Longtime friends and regulars on the water while growing up in South Florida, Cohen and Stephanos set out from Jupiter Inlet around 11 a.m. on the morning of July 24 for a day of fishing – something they'd done together many times,...
- 4/29/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
Photos released on Wednesday by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission show some concerning clues about the July 24 disappearance of two Tequesta teens. Longtime friends Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14, set out from Florida's Jupiter Inlet on a boating excursion that afternoon and were never seen again. Crewmembers of the Edda Fjord, a Norwegian freighter, spotted Stephanos's 19-foot Seacraft capsized and floating in a shipping channel about 100 miles off the Bermuda coast last month, nearly nine months after the boys vanished. Before packing the boat into a shipping container now in transit to Florida's Port Everglades, the crew took a series of photographs,...
- 4/27/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
Photos released on Wednesday by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission show some concerning clues about the July 24 disappearance of two Tequesta teens. Longtime friends Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14, set out from Florida's Jupiter Inlet on a boating excursion that afternoon and were never seen again. Crewmembers of the Edda Fjord, a Norwegian freighter, spotted Stephanos's 19-foot Seacraft capsized and floating in a shipping channel about 100 miles off the Bermuda coast last month, nearly nine months after the boys vanished. Before packing the boat into a shipping container now in transit to Florida's Port Everglades, the crew took a series of photographs,...
- 4/27/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
A lawsuit filed in Florida's Palm Beach County Courthouse seeking to block the return of an iPhone to the family of one of two boys lost at sea in July may soon be dropped if both families give consent to allow a full investigation of the phone's data. On July 24, longtime friends Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos set out on a boating excursion from Florida's Jupiter Inlet – something they'd done many times before growing up in coastal South Florida. But as night fell and a storm brewed, the boy’s families lost contact. Cohen and Stephanos, both 14, would never be seen again,...
- 4/27/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
A lawsuit filed in Florida's Palm Beach County Courthouse seeking to block the return of an iPhone to the family of one of two boys lost at sea in July may soon be dropped if both families give consent to allow a full investigation of the phone's data. On July 24, longtime friends Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos set out on a boating excursion from Florida's Jupiter Inlet – something they'd done many times before growing up in coastal South Florida. But as night fell and a storm brewed, the boy’s families lost contact. Cohen and Stephanos, both 14, would never be seen again,...
- 4/27/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
The mother of one of the two Florida teens who went missing during a July 24 outing from Florida's Jupiter Beach has filed a lawsuit, seeking to block the return of the boys' recently found boat and personal effects, including an iPhone that may hold clues to the disappearance of 14-year-old Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos. In March, Stephanos' 19-foot Seacraft boat was spotted about 100 miles off the coast of Bermuda by the crew the Edda Fjord, a Norwegian freighter. Inside the boat were the boys' tackle boxes and other personal effects, including Stephanos's iPhone, which the crew sent via airmail...
- 4/26/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
The mother of one of the two Florida teens who went missing during a July 24 outing from Florida's Jupiter Beach has filed a lawsuit, seeking to block the return of the boys' recently found boat and personal effects, including an iPhone that may hold clues to the disappearance of 14-year-old Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos. In March, Stephanos' 19-foot Seacraft boat was spotted about 100 miles off the coast of Bermuda by the crew the Edda Fjord, a Norwegian freighter. Inside the boat were the boys' tackle boxes and other personal effects, including Stephanos's iPhone, which the crew sent via airmail...
- 4/26/2016
- by Devan Stuart Lesley, @devanslesley
- PEOPLE.com
The boat of the two Florida teens who went missing last summer during a fishing trip has been found off the coast of Bermuda, according to the Palm Beach Post. The 19-foot Seacraft boat that Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14-year-old residents of Tequesta, were in when they vanished on July 24 was found on March 18 about 100 miles from Bermuda, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Ryan Doss said in a statement, CNN reports. An iPhone and other personal items were found on board the boat. Doss said that a marine store sticker on the boat and the engine's serial number...
- 4/23/2016
- by Andrea Park, @scandreapark
- PEOPLE.com
The boat of the two Florida teens who went missing last summer during a fishing trip has been found off the coast of Bermuda, according to the Palm Beach Post. The 19-foot Seacraft boat that Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14-year-old residents of Tequesta, were in when they vanished on July 24 was found on March 18 about 100 miles from Bermuda, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Ryan Doss said in a statement, CNN reports. An iPhone and other personal items were found on board the boat. Doss said that a marine store sticker on the boat and the engine's serial number...
- 4/23/2016
- by Andrea Park, @scandreapark
- PEOPLE.com
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