There were three sightings of him on Saturday, the last day at sea. A woman waiting for an elevator says she had a brief conversation with him. Someone also saw him talking to a woman with shoulder-length blond hair at afternoon tea. At about 2230 hours, an elderly man whose cabin was just down the hall from Gary's saw him with two women who appeared to be leaving his room. One of them, the man told police, was a woman in her 30s who had shoulder-length blond hair, and Gary had his arm around her. But, he could have mistaken and seen this on Friday night.
On the Saturday, despite the privacy sign, the steward entered his cabin, he says, because he needed to do his job and decided to ignore the sign. (It is good to note that the Do Not Disturb signs placed on the door for privacy are apparently not honored on this cruise ship)
Some point out it would have been painless for Gary to kill himself with his insulin, instead of jumping overboard. Because of that and his business plans, jumping overboard is not a possibility.
The problem with the man accidentally falling overboard theory is that his key card was found in his room. He would have to accidentally locked himself out of his room, and then accidentally fallen overboard during that period.
It is possible he may have locked himself out of his room, and then sought help from cruise staff to get back in, or he may have left the cabin with cruise staff for some purpose, and didn't take his key because staff was with him and would let him back into his cabin. Then, during that time, 'something' happened to him.
The cruise line didn't bother dusting for fingerprints, and took no photographs of the cabin to preserve the crime scene.
In late 2001 he won $150,000 on Lotto, but he his family only found about it after he disappeared. This indicates he kept things, probably many things, from those close to him.
Gary had talked to people about his dream of starting a curling club in Arizona. His sister says he had spent several weeks in Phoenix around the time of his secret lottery win and had conducted a number of self-help seminars there.
While on the cruise, he apparently told one passenger he was from Texas. He told someone else he was in the construction business. Both statements are a lie, if he actually made those statements.
According to police Gary spent most nights at the casino, he was a late riser who didn't like the steward in his room.
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Randal Gary
Missing Passenger On Cruise Ship
Holland America Line Veendam - May 16, 2003
