Divers find nothing to help solve the mystery of missing Hilton Head Island couple
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From the Archive: The Island Packet’s coverage of the disappearance of John and Elizabeth Calvert
Hilton Head couple John and Elizabeth Calvert were last seen on March 3, 2008. Revisit the Packet’s coverage here.
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This story originally was published in The Island Packet on March 9, 2008.
A dive team searched the waters of Harbour Town Yacht Basin Saturday, but found nothing that would help solve the mystery surrounding the disappearance of John and Elizabeth Calvert, a prominent couple who have not been seen since a late afternoon business meeting Monday, authorities said.
Lt. Col. Neil Baxley of the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said sheriff’s divers searched the basin for two hours Saturday, but found nothing connected to the case. Divers are not scheduled to make another dive, he said in an interview Saturday night.
The couple’s 2006 Mercedes E320, found in Palmetto Dunes early Friday morning, remains impounded although authorities have discovered no clues that help answer questions about the couple’s whereabouts or fate, Baxley said. Police have declined to release the exact location where the car was found.
Baxley said investigators have not yet exhausted local leads and will continue those efforts. When asked by an Island Packet reporter if authorities have a suspect or suspects in connection with the disappearance, Baxley said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Baxley declined to talk about the investigation in detail, but said the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office continues to work with the State Law Enforcement Division, the FBI and the DeKalb County, Ga., Sheriff’s Office.
Georgia law enforcement authorities are handling areas of the investigation related to the Peach State, he said.
“We can’t rule anything out at this point,” Baxley said. “We’re still asking lots of people questions.”
Elizabeth Calvert’s brother, David White of Decatur, Ga., who filed the missing persons report, said Saturday afternoon he’d had no updates from investigators. White is Elizabeth Calvert’s only sibling. John Calvert has no immediate family.
White said he spent Saturday talking with the Whites’ extended family.
White said he hopes anyone who knows anything about the disappearance will contact authorities with the information.
“We just want them back,” he said of the couple.
John and Elizabeth Calvert were last seen leaving the business meeting in Harbour Town at about 5:30 p.m. Monday. They failed to show up at work or for business appointments the following morning. Their cell phones and Blackberries have been turned off since Monday night.
John Calvert, 47, owns the company that manages the yacht basin and Harbour Town Resorts, which has 125 rental properties.
Elizabeth Calvert, 45, is a Savannah business attorney at HunterMaclean, Georgia’s largest law firm outside Atlanta. The couple live in Atlanta and on their yacht, the Yellow Jacket, docked in the Harbour Town Yacht Basin.
This story was originally published January 29, 2020 at 10:47 AM.
