Embattled Fort Myers Real Estate Broker Reported Missing In New Jersey

(updated 9-22-07)
WBBH-TV in Fort Myers reports that local real estate broker Frank D'Alessandro, who is among the defendants in dozens of state court lawsuits and two suits filed recently in federal court that claim that the investors were deceived into buying homes under the notion that they would make specified returns on their investment, has been reported missing on the New Jersey shore and is the subject of a Coast Guard search.

According to the story:

• Family members say he went missing on Tuesday around 10 p.m. after kayaking from the residence he was renting. D'Alessandro's family told the Coast Guard and the Point Pleasant Beach Police Department on Wednesday that he was not heard from as expected. The Coast Guard found an overturned orange kayak nine miles off Point Pleasant Beach, but there’s no sign of 52-year-old D'Alessandro. Officials say all indications are that it was the same kayak he was using.

For more, see Frank D'Alessandro reported missing in New Jersey.

For story updates, see:

• Service to be held in honor of Frank D'Alessandro (Naples Daily News - 9-20-07)
• D’Alessandro backed PACE, hospice (The News-Press - 9-19-07)
• Attorneys: D'Alessandro lawsuits will move forward despite his death (Naples Daily News - 9-18-07),
• Body found is Frank D'Alessandro (Realty tycoon's death called accidental) (The News-Press - 9-18-07),
• D'Alessandro remembered by friends, co-workers (WBBH-TV Channel 2 - For Myers - 9-18-07),
• Body found near D'Alessandro search site (WBBH-TV Channel 2 - Fort Myers - 9-17-07) - includes WBBH-TV video report,
• Body found: Frank D'Alessandro? (WINK-TV - 9-17-07) - watch WINK-TV report,
• Vanished mogul a challenge for police (Rental house holds no clues, custodian says) (The News-Press - 9-17-07)
• Police not ruling out D'Alessandro left on free will (The News-Press - 9-16-07)
• Coast Guard suspending its search (The News-Press - 9-14-07),
• Search ends for realty tycoon (N.J. police take over D’Alessandro probe) (The News-Press - 9-15-07),
• Sea search called off for missing kayaker (Fla. broker was embroiled in multiple fraud lawsuits) (Newark Star Ledger - 9-15-07).

Go here for other posts on the lawsuits involving D'Allesandro and others.