The Citrus County Sheriff's Office has a Facebook account.
The Citrus County Sheriff's Office has a Facebook account.
Timeline of Craig's Disappearance
Craig's last confirmed sighting came at the Crystal River Dunkin' Donuts earlier this month, per the sheriff's office. He wasn't reported missing until three days later, leaving investigators with a gap in his whereabouts that the public alert is meant to help close. The sheriff's office has not released further information about where Craig may have gone after leaving the coffee shop.
Because Craig is considered unstable and has shown violent tendencies, the sheriff's office is stressing caution over confrontation. Anyone who sees him is asked to call the agency's non-emergency line at 352-249-2790 rather than approach him directly.
A County Already on Edge Over Missing-Person Cases
Craig's disappearance follows other recent searches in the area. In a case unrelated to Craig's, Chronicle Online reported that 35-year-old Crystal River man Jonathan Watling, who had been reported missing, was later found dead during a search, with investigators noting no obvious signs of foul play and the sheriff's office saying the investigation remained active as of that Friday.
Separately, Hoodline previously reported that a man named Gibbs was last seen Oct. 31 at The Loft Bar & Grill in Crystal River and was found dead two days after a missing-person report was filed, with investigators preliminarily believing he failed to negotiate a turn while riding his motorcycle and the Florida Highway Patrol leading that crash investigation, according to a prior Hoodline report. That case also detailed broader road-safety data for the area, noting Citrus County logged 1,864 crashes, 35 fatalities and 1,402 injuries in 2021, including 89 motorcycle crashes that resulted in nine fatalities, and that a Florida Department of Transportation study ranked the county in the top 20 percent in all nine measured categories of serious injuries and deaths on local and state roads from 2017 to 2020.
No update on Craig's current whereabouts has been released. The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is asking anyone with information to call 352-249-2790.
