An unsolved thriller on Lengthy Island surrounding the disappearance of a person in 2011 might lastly have solutions, after a automotive pulled from the water was discovered to have human stays inside — probably bringing a long-standing lacking individual investigation to an in depth.
Suffolk County police stated the stays had been pulled from a PT Cruiser that was submerged below about 17 toes of water close to a Cedar Seaside boat ramp. Divers with two unbiased underwater investigative organizations — Exploring with a Mission, and Adventures with Objective — went into the water Monday night after utilizing sonar gadgets to detect a automobile was within the water.
One of many divers stated he made a stunning discover when he positioned the automotive.
“I reached in and grabbed a handful of bones, and brought one up to the surface,” stated the person often known as ‘Diver Dan.’
The crew he was with then referred to as 911, bringing county police divers to the scene. The search was halted in a single day, then resumed Tuesday, when police divers discovered extra stays. Police introduced in a crane to get the automobile out of the water.
“Diver Dan” and the remainder of the crew had come to Mt. Sinai on a hunch, hoping to unravel the case of Robert Lengthy, a 62-year-old Miller Place man who went lacking in 2011. Lengthy was final seen in his automotive simply three miles from the boat ramp.
“He’s sitting right there. How could nobody find it? You’d think with people fishing there and everything, something would have, it’s amazing,” Gerard Matlock stated.
Matlock and his spouse, Christine, joined different onlookers in praising the crew who breathed life into the lacking individuals case. The aim of Exploring with a Mission is to resolve instances which have principally been forgotten, just like Lengthy’s.
“What we want to do is bring answers and give hope, to show that someone still cares,” stated Invoice McIntosh, who was working the sonar that first picked up the form of the submerged automotive.
The outline of the automotive matched police information, and there have been some gadgets discovered inside that had been additionally a match, in keeping with Suffolk County Det. Lt. Kevin Beyrer.
The medical expert should nonetheless verify the stays are these of Lengthy. The lacking man’s household spoke to police on Tuesday, however didn’t want to remark. Whereas it wasn’t clear how precisely the automobile ended up within the water, police stated it didn’t look like a felony case.
