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On 03 Jan 2024, Pentagill <elonx@protonmail.com> posted some news:un4004$38iol$1@dont-email.me:

The guy fucked her, killed her, then ran her van into the pond.
Textbook Bill Clinton.

For over a decade, Timothy Lemire Jr. has been living in limbo not
knowing what happened to his mother Sandra Lemire, who suddenly
disappeared in May 2012.

oHe went through hell over this,o said his father Timothy Lemire.

Sandra Lemire went missing after going on a date with a man she met
online. She was living at her grandmother Pauline VarnerAs Orlando home
at the time and drove her red minivan.

oI havenAt heard from her since and of course, that scared me,o Varner
told WESH 2 News in 2012.

For the next 12 years, the case went cold. Until last month.

oOf all the cases we were working, this was the case I was least
optimistic about,o said Mike Sullivan.

Sullivan and his volunteer dive group Sunshine State Sonar have been
searching for Lemire for the past year and a half.

oYou know what cracked it?o said Sullivan. oIt was two weeks ago. The detectives from Orlando Police gave us some new information that we
could use. And they gave us the location of her last cell phone tower.o

With that new information, SullivanAs team put together a map of
possible locations.

On Saturday, they ended up at a retention pond along State Road 417 and
I-4 near Disney and World Drive. That is where they spotted a red
minivan.

oI was hyperventilating. I was stressed out. I put all my dive gear on,
my wetsuit and I just dove in that water,o Sullivan said. oI had to get
that confirmation for us. We had to know.o

Sullivan dove straight toward the license plate for confirmation.

oWhen the silt cleared, I can start seeing the numbers: oJ.o And as soon
as I saw the oJo and the o3,o I'm like: aWe have her,Ao he said.

Sullivan immediately video-called Timothy Lemire Jr. and showed him
their discovery.

oWhat he did was amazing. And without him and his team, none of this
would have been possible,o said Timothy Lemire Jr. oThey didnAt ask for
a dollar. That's just the kindness of their heart.o

Sunshine State Sonar took on LemireAs case pro bono and searched 63
bodies of water to find Lemire.

oDeep in my heart. I always thought this was a foul play case. And it
turned out to be just a bad, terrible car accident,o Sullivan said. oI'm
just so proud of our team.o

On Monday, Timothy Lemire Jr. and his dad who is SandraAs ex-husband
said they are still processing this discovery.

oIt's a lot of mixed emotions,o Timothy Lemire Jr. said. oI'm happy she
wasn't murdered or kidnapped or anything like that because we've been
thinking that for years.o

They never got to have a funeral for her. Now, they said they have
closure thanks to Sullivan and his team.

oThere's this one video where you can see the van on the tow truck and
the truck pulling off. And he said, aTimothy, we're finally bringing
your mother home,Ao Timothy Lemire Jr. said. oAnd that destroyed me when
he said that. After all these years.o

On Sunday, the Orlando Police Department, Florida Highway Patrol, Orange
County SheriffAs Office and Osceola County SheriffAs Office all
responded to the scene to assist in recovering the vehicle.

FHP is handling the crash investigation. They tell WESH 2 News they are
waiting on the Medical ExaminerAs Office to identify the remains.

WESH 2 News also checked in with Orlando Police and they released this statement:

"We can confirm that the red vehicle located in the water on World Drive
is tied to the missing person case of Sandra Lemire. We are waiting on
positive identification of the human remains that were located in the
vehicle. FDLE is working on that. Detectives have been in contact with
the family. Once we get new updates, we will provide that to you."

Sunshine State Sonar is a nonprofit based out of St. Petersburg that
launched in January 2022. Sullivan said provide their services free to
law enforcement and families. Since they launched, he said they have
located the remains of seven missing people.

https://www.wesh.com/article/sandra-lemire-disney-pond/46260159
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