Authorities reopened a cold April 2000 case involving two missing Tennessee teens after a diver discovered a car belonging to one of the teens underwater.
Erin Foster, 18, and Jeremy Bechtel, 17, were last seen on April 3, 2000, after leaving Foster’s home, White County Sheriff Steve Page said in a press release . For years there had been no new evidence in their case.
YouTuber Jeremy Beau Sides, who creates videos in which he uses sonar technology and dives underwater to find evidence in missing persons cases, shot a video on November 24 showing his discovery of a Pontiac Grand Am 1998 which belonged to Foster.
Page said Foster’s family contacted him about the video and he quickly contacted Sides.
The car was found and subsequently removed from the Calfkiller River in Tennessee, approximately 90 miles east of Nashville.
Police confirmed that the vehicle belonged to Foster, according to the press release.
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Investigators told WTVF human remains were found in the vehicle and would be sent for testing. Foster and Bechtel’s families have been notified.
Details of how the car ended up in the river are still unknown, according to the press release.
“I’m at a loss for words. I’m so glad I was able to find them. I’m so sad that’s where they ended up. Can’t believe – they’ve been waiting for over 20 years for someone to find them, ”Sides said in his YouTube video.
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