The Disappearance of Sean Flynn

Who is he?: He is son of Errol Flynn

When did he disappear?: He and Dana Stone were apprehended on one of the highways to war, outside of Phnom Pen, Cambodia, in 1970, last seen on a red Honda. Most likely arrested by North Vietnamese soldiers.

How did he die? : Some say that he was handed over to the Khmer Rouge, and died from a lethal injection. Both Stone and Flynn were war photographers,  covering the Vietnam War. Other theories is that they died a horrible death. Koch, in  his book, Highway to War, writes about the main character in the book, loosely based on Neil Davis, and Australian Cameraman, and how he was caught by the Khmer Rouge, and was crucified on a cross, dying a slow painful death.

The hunt for Sean's Remains: Many of Sean's friends, including Tim Page, have not stopped looking for the burial place of Flynn and Stone. Recently Page and a doco maker found the grave of two westerners in Cambodia, the DNA was tested, but negative, one was a boat runner, another a defector from the US army.

The mystery nearly unravelled: I am in contact with a documentary maker in Cambodia, Ian White, who is doing a documentary on Tim Page who is still trying to locate the remains of Sean. Oh, Sean's half sister Flory, h as been very active in finding Sean's remains. But somewhere along the line, Tim Page was seen as a mercenary, who wanted to steal the limelight. Then Flory, care of Errol Flynn Estate, had given full powers to an Australian living in Saigon, who was previously working with Page -- they fell out when Page didn’t pay MacMillan for his investigative works.

Present: There are a few eyewitnesses, according to Ian White, who may know the whereabouts of Sean. And this is where I come into the story. I will document what has happened, and what is happening. Here is a little video Ian is doing on Tim Page, and it is brilliant. I will have access to Tim, and another interesting author, Paul Young who wrote, The Two Missing, about Sean and Stone. Young was also a photographer and published his memoirs on that tumultuous period leading up to the rule of the Khmer Rouge.