Stays present in submerged automobile could also be of lacking Lengthy Island man – NBC New York
An unsolved thriller on Lengthy Island surrounding the disappearance of a person in 2011 could lastly have solutions, after a automobile pulled from the water was discovered to have human stays inside — probably bringing a long-standing lacking particular person investigation to an in depth.
Suffolk County police mentioned the stays have been pulled from a PT Cruiser that was submerged beneath about 17 toes of water close to a Cedar Seaside boat ramp. Divers with two impartial underwater investigative organizations — Exploring with a Mission, and Adventures with Goal — went into the water Monday night after utilizing sonar gadgets to detect a automobile was within the water.
One of many divers mentioned he made a stunning discover when he positioned the automobile.
“I reached in and grabbed a handful of bones, and introduced one as much as the floor,” mentioned the person referred to as ‘Diver Dan.’
The crew he was with then known 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 resolve the case of Robert Lengthy, a 62-year-old Miller Place man who went lacking in 2011. Lengthy was final seen in his automobile simply three miles from the boat ramp.
“He’s sitting proper there. How might no one discover it? You’d suppose with folks fishing there and every part, one thing would have, it’s wonderful,” Gerard Matlock mentioned.
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 circumstances which have principally been forgotten, much like Lengthy’s.
“What we wish to do is carry solutions and provides hope, to point out that somebody nonetheless cares,” mentioned Invoice McIntosh, who was working the sonar that first picked up the form of the submerged automobile.
The outline of the automobile matched police data, and there have been some gadgets discovered inside that have been additionally a match, in accordance with Suffolk County Det. Lt. Kevin Beyrer.
The health worker 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 mentioned it didn’t seem like a prison case.
