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The mystery of what happened to a 38-year-old Palm Bay man nearly 12 years ago soon could be solved.
Palm Bay police dive team members converged Thursday on a retention pond in a Bayside Lakes subdivision after a resident using a drone spotted the car beneath the pond s ink dark waters.
The car, a silver 2002 Ford Mustang, slowly was pulled from the pond, allowing investigators to look inside the sediment-filled vehicle. There were remains in the car, said Lt. Jeff Spears of the Palm Bay Police Department.
The car belonged to 38-year-old Philippe Desir, a married Palm Bay resident who went missing Feb. 7, 2009.
Drone pilot spots submerged car with body possibly tied to 2009 missing person case
By Elina Shirazi
A body has been discovered inside a submerged car that was spotted in a Florida retention pond.
LAKE MARY, Fla. - A body has been discovered inside a submerged car that was spotted in a Florida retention pond.
Members of the Palm Bay Police Underwater Recovery Team on Thursday were able to remove the vehicle from the pond, which is located in a Bayside Lakes subdivision in the 1600 block of Sawgrass Drive. Police said a resident flying a drone over the neighborhood first spotted the submerged car.
A car linked to a man who’s been missing for more than a decade was found in a retention pond on Thursday with skeletal remains inside, Palm Bay police said.