i am posting the petition here, as it explains some of the timeline:
Demand for Action and Answers for Neil Alan Eddleman: Vanished Petition
We, the undersigned, are participating in this petition, to express our utter OUTRAGE at the complete and total LACK OF INVESTIGATION into the disappearance of Neil Alan Eddleman, along with his father, Neil Wayne Eddleman, that occurred on the weekend beginning October 17, 2003, Naples, Florida, involving a boat trip with Gary Lisk & his boat the “What’s Left”. Below is a list of confirmed, dubious behavior & acts that have been reported to Naples police, but continue to be deemed as useless & irrelevant:
* When R3 is used below, it refers to Nanette Meaux & Larry Hinnant, married at the time, divorced right after.
a) R3 gave USCG a “float plan” giving his destination as the “Calif. Wreck”, 66 miles out, telling them Gary Lisk had given it to them, prior to boat departure, when in fact, Larry admitted he made it on his own PC & didn’t see them actually depart, but instead saw Gary & Neil Wayne at a noon AA mtg. R3 told media that Neil’s wife had made the initial call to the USCG, when in actuality it was Larry who called them abt 1 pm Sun. afternoon. According to people who regularly boated with Gary, he was NEVER known to leave “float plans” or notes on his door, when going out on his boat.
b) No one, in fact, chose to notify Neil Alan’s mom that there even was a boating trip, let alone that they were overdue. It was only due to Neil Alan’s girlfriend that his mom, Karen, called Neil Wayne’s wife, on Sunday morn. At that time she was lied to, by her, & told that “there had been ship-to-shore radio contact, early that morn, abt 7am, & that they were 12 hrs out. At 6pm, Karen found out that she had been lied to, & was then told there had been NO radio contact. Had it not been for this lie, Karen would have called the USCG early on sun. morn. When Karen did contact authorities, regarding her son, she was told they would send someone to take a report. Karen is still waiting for that “someone”! When she contacted USCG, she was told that Nanette Hinnant had named herself as point-of-contact for the families!
c) Ginger Cullison, Gary’s daughter, spoke with her dad, earlier that day & he told her he was going “shark-fishing”. It is very well known that the “Calif wreck” site is a dive spot/grouper fishing area, not, at all, known for “shark” fishing. Gary is known to do this within 6 miles off shore, down by Cape Romano and the 10 Thousand Islands.
d) At the time of her conversation, with her dad, Ginger gave him her new address, for a potential visit the following weekend, that he planned to make. He wrote this info, on an envelope, which would later show up on the back of a note found on the exterior of his door, upon her arrival here from Tampa, on Tues., 10/21, the day she was notified. Upon finding the note, she immediately knew it was not her dad’s handwriting, as did the rest of his family. She also knew her dad would never put a note on the exterior of his door, with all of her personal info, on the reverse side, for anyone to find. Why were No forensics, etc., done, nor the note even taken by NPD
e) In addition to the note, she arrived to the door lock on his home being changed. She immediately went to police, who took her down to the R3 “headquarters”, which R3 had chosen to set up at the Hinnant’s business. (An interesting note, the Hinnant’s were the ones who had called the USCG, & tried to make themselves the point of contact for all family members, without even speaking with families. This caused much confusion with the USCG ). She was taken there, by Det. Principe, to retrieve a key for the new lock, which was in the possession of R3, who had changed the door locks. They tried to forbid Gary’s daughter entry to his home. Again, why were no forensics done
f) Upon entry, Ginger found items missing from her dad’s home, in addition to his files stolen, & both his home & office PCs totally corrupted. According to a PC expert, that she (NOT the POLICE) later hired, which police knew that she did, the corruption was done around noon, on Sat. (FIVE HOURS prior to their supposed scheduled return from trip). Again, why no forensics
g) R3 alerted the media, Nov 1, 2003 that they had sent someone out, off Marco Island, to retrieve their “test boat”, then declared it stolen/vanished, despite having reconciled with USCG, 2 days before, Oct 30, that the EPIRB from that test boat, had emitted a signal 30 mi WEST of Charlotte Harbor. Again, no investigation
h) Gary was found, dead, in his overturned, beached boat, 2 wks later, 550 mi away, at Patrick Air Base, Cape Canaveral, by land-based security guard. Despite the difficulty of steering a manned vessel, let alone an unmanned “drifting” vessel, thru the Keys, the unrelated-to-this-case drift studies done by the University of Florida showing the improbability, the fact that the largest USCG search in FL was underway, the fact that Gary’s autopsy showed NO water &/or debris in his lungs & a severed spinal cord, behind the lung area, (which other MEs, neurosurgeons, MDs have all said this is NOT the type of injury that could happen from a boat turning over, or bouncing in waves, esp in light of no head/neck injuries & his necklace still being on his neck, but rather have ALL said BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA), the fact that Gary’s weight, on the autopsy, was abt. 100 lbs LESS than his actual weight & that he was missing teeth POST-MORTEM (after-death), that the boat remained surprisingly intact, except for all his radio/emergency equipment being gone, that not one iota of anything relating to the Eddlemans was found with the boat…no investigation
i) R3 repeatedly REFUSED to give an accounting of any donation monies rcvd by them. Nanette denied monies to both Lisk’s daughter & Neil Alan’s mom for search related activities, at the time. In Dec. 2003, Nanette incorporated R3 (for-profit), & 2 other dummy for-profit corporations, on the same day. Not long after, she filed for bankruptcy:
Defendant Name NANETTE M HINNANT
000-00-XXXX
1353 PELICAN AV, NAPLES, FL 34102
Plaintiff GARLICK STETLER AND PEEPLES LLP
Filing Date 04/05/2004
Filing Type CHAPTER 7 FILING (NEW/REOPEN)
Case Number 0406593
Attorney Name RONALD L STETLER
Attorney Address 5551 RIDGEWOOD DR #101, NAPLES, FL 34108
Attorney Phone (239) 597-7088
Court Name FLORIDA FED COURT - TAMPA
Court Address 801 N FLORIDA AVE STE 727, TAMPA, FL 33602
Court Phone (813) 301-5065
Judge Initials ALP
j) When Gary was found, ALL R3 activities ceased, despite the fact that monies were donated for the cause of all 3 of the missing. R3 had a fiduciary responsibility to the families of all 3 of the missing. The police know all of this, yet comment only that “so, they are thieves.” No investigation
k) *follows is list of her corporate endeavors: these 3 opened same day:
Corporate FEI List
FEI Number Document Number Corporate Name
200616891 P04000002911 RESCUE THREE, INC.
200616917 P04000002367 NANETTE, INC.
200616970 P04000002894 COLADA, INC
this is the total list:
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L DIRECT PARTS ONLINE, INC. P03000109550
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L NANETTE, INC. P04000002367
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L COLADA, INC. P04000002894
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L RESCUE THREE, INC. P04000002911
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L HIGH PERFORMANCE, INC. P04000003139
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L HIGH PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. P04000003149
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L GREAT CAR PARTS, INC. P04000003733
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L DIRECT PARTS ONLINE, INC. P03000109550
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L NANETTE, INC. P04000002367
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L COLADA, INC. P04000002894
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L RESCUE THREE, INC. P04000002911
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L HIGH PERFORMANCE, INC. P04000003139
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L HIGH PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. P04000003149
MEAUX HINNANT, NANETTE L GREAT CAR PARTS, INC. P04000003733
HINNANT, NANETTE M PERFORMANCE MOTORCARS, INC. V22876
HINNANT, NANETTE M PERFORMANCE MOTORCARS, INC. V22876
BLUE MOON, INC. K01080 ACT
SEAHAWK INTERNATIONAL, LLC L05000010555 INACT
l) Nanette made the statement, to at least 2 separate people, that she knew something that would ruin people’s lives” in reference to this incident. Police are aware of this statement & have done NOTHING!
m) In Dec 2003, Neil Wayne’s wife, Ellen, quietly, through an atty, submitted a demand, to the insurer of Gary’s boat. The insurer contacted Karen, Neil Alan’s mom. Because of this, Neil Alan’s family was advised to get an atty, which they did, & a lawsuit followed.
n) Despite numerous Freedom of Information Act requests, the FBI refuses to give Karen Eddleman any info, saying it is CLASSIFIED. They also refused, repeatedly, to give ANY info, or answers, to her attys, nor respond to any subpoenas, stating that they will not comment on an ongoing investigation.
o) Neil Wayne Eddleman’s Soc. Security # has been used by a convicted criminal/fugitive from justice (cocaine dealer), Antonio Valdez.
For references, autopsy, documents, photos, etc., please check the various topics at
www.findingneilalan.proboards40.com.
In summary, this is PATHETIC! A mother deserves help from those she has been taught to go to. She deserves better than having to check the unclaimed body databases regularly. She shouldn’t have to, amidst the horror & pain, have to be a private investigator! But most of all, Neil Alan Eddleman MATTERS, he is SOMEONE!! He deserves an investigation! We demand answers!
appoint herself to SPEND and KEEP the money that private citizens and buisnesses DONATED TO HELP IN THE SEARCH FOR THREE PEOPLE NOT EVEN RELATED TO HER!!! 
i have never ever came across something like this. 
if i were one of those people who donated [and i would have been had i known] i would be raising hell why aren't the people of florida that did donate i mean she collected money under fraudulant purposes right what's next for her an i have cancer help pay my medical bill's scam 
PLEASE CONTACT HER!! 
OR HOW ABOUT A JUDGE [WHO ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK] GIVING THIS POOR MOTHER A PHONE CALL AND SOME LEGAL EAGLE INFOMATION. 
this is not right and not fair i will be sure to see where my money goes. and GOVERNER BUSH what say you 