The car belonging to a Florida man who vanished in 2006 has been located and pulled from a pond.
PALM HARBOR, Fla. - A big break in a 17-year-old cold case out of Pinellas County, Florida.They found it thanks to a two-man volunteer search team, trying to help families get answers.
“His [Helphrey] mom is 82 years old and to do this for her means the world to us,"Sullivan said. “This is why we love to do this. To help these families out.” Sullivan is a sonar expert and Fleming is a diver. Together they volunteer to search for people missing in cars. “We don’t always get a cell phone ping. But in this one we did. And even with the cell phone ping, it took us about a year and a half,” Fleming said.Helphrey’s mother said the family is in pain but relieved to have some closure.
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