Ash Kelley

He was one of 60 Americans to have been reported missing in Mexico in just three months.

Whoa.

Yeah.

However, they were also familiar, like we were just saying, with the chaos and, you know, just the drunken vibes going around on spring break.

So neither of them were ready to assume the complete worst.

Yeah, because this could just be debauchery.

Exactly.

And honestly, I'm sure they were hoping it was.

Yeah, that's the thing.

You're hoping this is just a lesson learned.

Exactly.

You know.

So instead of going to worst case scenario, they decided to proceed as they would with any other missing persons case, operating on the assumption and the hope that Mark had simply caught a ride with a girl that he met at a bar and he would turn back up soon enough.

That's how they planned to approach the case, but before the day was over, that plan changed dramatically.

After Mark's friends filed the report with the South Padre police, they returned to the hotel and they called Mark's parents, obviously, to let them know that he was missing.

The call no parent wants to get.

And the call, like, it's got to be so stressful to send your kids on spring break.

And also, here's the other thing.

These aren't kids.

He's a 21-year-old, so they didn't have a lot of say in if you went or if you didn't.