MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- An appeal in a custody fight obtained by Local 10 may prove that the two men found adrift at sea knew each other for years.

The FBI took Guillermo Zarabozo, 19, and Kirby Archer, 35, into custody in the mystery at sea regarding the missing crew of a charter fishing vessel Tuesday. New information could possibly shed light on the two men and what happened aboard the Joe Cool.

Zarabozo and Archer, the two clients of the charter Joe Cool, were questioned aboard a Coast Guard cutter then brought to Miami Beach Coast Guard base around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. About 10 minutes later, the 47-foot sportfisher Joe Cool was brought in, pulled by a smaller Coast Guard vessel.

The Joe Cool was discovered near the Cay Sal banks, some 100 miles south of its destination in the Bahamas early Sunday evening. On Monday, the two men who chartered the trip were found about 12 miles from that site on the vessel's life raft.

The two men were questioned by FBI agents Monday night, who were flown out to sea to board the Coast Guard cutter Pea Island, the boat which carried the two men back to land. Two other agents were charged with inspecting the Joe Cool, but there is no word on what, if anything, was found, according to Local 10's Glenna Milberg.

Two cutters and two aircraft continue to search for the four crew members still missing. The missing crew are Capt. Jake Branam, his wife, Kelly, crew member and half brother Scott Campbell and Capt. Samuel Kairy.

Meanwhile, Archer is wanted in Arkansas on charges of stealing more than $92,000 from the Wal-Mart where he worked until he disappeared last January. His picture on a flier from the Independence County (Ark.) Sheriff's Department was discovered by the boat captain's uncle, Jeff Branam, who entered Archer's name on Internet search engine Google.

Local 10 has learned that Archer was due in court the week he disappeared on other felony charges.

Detectives in Independence County believed Archer could try to flee to Cuba. He went AWOL from the military and had been stationed at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Police believe he speaks fluent Spanish.

In a custody dispute between Archer and ex-wife, Michelle Christine Archer, the woman alleges that Archer had numerous homosexual relationships, one of which was a teenage boy he met while in the military.

Zarabozo is a graduate of Hialeah High School. During the 2004-05 school year, he was an operations commander of his Jr. ROTC program and took classes in aviation at the school's magnet program.

Course Of Events

Coast Guard agents and family members pieced together the course of events.

The two would-be customers approached the crew of the the sportfisher Joe Cool at slip D-30 Friday evening trying to hire a ride to Bimini, where they said they were to meet their girlfriends. They agreed to pay $4,000 for the trip.

Cousin and co-worker Jon Branam said he noticed that the customers, who said they were construction surveyors, peeled the money off in $20 bills.

"What are they doing with $4,000 in 20s working for a survey company?" he said.

When the charter did not return by its noon Sunday deadline, the family became concerned.

Reported Missing

Jeff Branam reported the vessel and those aboard missing at about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.

Coast Guard agents aboard a search helicopter spotted the vessel about 7 p.m., near the Cay Sal banks Sunday evening, drifting, dragging anchor and abandoned.

"Everything on the vessel was in complete disarray, thrown around. It looked like whoever had been on the vessel left in a hurry," said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer James Judge.

He said a check of the boat's global positioning system indicated the vessel had made erratic movements about halfway to Bimini, then turned sharply south.

Zarabozo and Archer were the only two in the life raft spotted by helicopter Monday morning.