ADVISORY/Former NBA Basketball Player Bison Dele aka Brian Williams Missing with Girlfriend, Serena Karlan.Sports Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2002 WHO: BISON DELE AKA BRIAN WILLIAMS AND SERENA KARLAN WHAT: REPORTED MISSING U.S. CITIZENS Suspicious circumstances surround the disappearance of retired NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= player Bison Dele Bison Dele (April 6, 1969 –July 7, 2002)[1] formerly known as Brian Carson Williams, was an American professional basketball player who finished his career as a center for the NBA's Detroit Pistons. , formally known as Brian Williams (age 33), and his girlfriend Serena Karlan (age 30), along with a crew of three, who have been missing since July 8. They were scheduled to sail on their boat, the Hukuna Matata, from Moorea, Tahiti bound for Honolulu, Hawaii via the Tua Motu and Marqesas islands. Prior to July 8, Serena Karlan had been contacting her mother at least once a week and Brian had been contacting his bank and Kevin "KP" Porter, his executive assistant in Michigan, once a month. On August 27, the Coast Guard and Tahiti Search and Rescue opened search cases for their boat from Hawaii through New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . More information can't be revealed because of an ongoing law enforcement investigation. Bison Dele, formerly known as Brian Williams, played NBA basketball with the Denver Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
The parents of both Serena Karlan and Bison Dele are seeking any help they can get to locate Bison and Serena and the rest of the crew of the Hukuna Matata. A website with more information will be available soon at http://whereisbison.com. If you have any information about the whereabouts of Serena Karlan or Bison Dele, please contact the below listed law enforcement offices: U.S. Law Enforcement Contacts: FBI: Boulder, Colorado branch 303 443-4900 FAX: 303 440-0431 Family contacts: Family of Serena Karlan: Scott Ohlgren (family member) Office: 303 530-2332 search@howhealthworks.com FAX: 303 527-0270 Family of Bison Dele, aka Brian Williams: Patricia A. Phillips (mother) papbison@aol.com 310.319.6439 International Law Enforcement Contacts: U.S. Coast Guard Honolulu, District 14 Rescue Coordination Center A primary search and rescue facility suitably staffed by supervisory personnel and equipped for coordinating and controlling search and rescue and/or combat search and rescue operations. The facility is operated unilaterally by personnel of a single Service or component. 808.541.2500 Fax: 808-541-2123 RCC RCC - An extensible language. Tahiti (Military Search & Rescue) 011-689.46.2432 Commidante D'Arco Moorea, French Polynesia - Capitiane de Port: +689.50.54.54 Adjoind: Francois Chaumette - Affairs Maritimes: +689.42.02.52 - Batteaux de Pleasure (Pleasure boats): +689.50.54.51 Marquesas islands, French Polynesia Gendarmarie: 689.92.03.61 or +689.92.7361 Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia Gendarmarie: +689.920.361 Hiva Oa, French Polynesia Gendarmarie: +689-927-361 Ua Poa, French Polynesia Gendarmarie: +689-925-361 Herve Thiriet, Police Officer at the Ua Pou Gendarmerie gen·dar·me·rie n. 1. A body of French gendarmes. 2. Slang A group of police officers. [French, from Old French, calvary, from gent d'armes, gendarme, Station herve thiriet (thirieth@yahoo.fr) Note: Photos are available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.090902/bb6 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.090902/bb6a |
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