Bones in car pulled from Palm Harbor pond identified as man who went missing in 2006
After working a closing shift and going to the bar across the street with coworkers, 34-year-old Robert Helphrey went missing.
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After working a closing shift and going to the bar across the street with coworkers, 34-year-old Robert Helphrey went missing.
Voluntary dive teams assisting investigators in Florida discovered the remains of a man who went missing 16 years ago inside of a submerged vehicle.
The vehicle’s discovery marks a major break in a case that authorities struggled to untangle for years.
A dive and recovery team helped pull a vehicle from a retention pond in Palm Harbor Friday, revealing human bones and possibly the answer to a 16-year missing person cold case.
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said the medical examiner’s office is still working to identify human bones found in the car.