Fishermen using sonar equipment find car at bottom of Illinois river connected to 1976 cold case disappearance
Fishermen using sonar equipment located a vehicle at the bottom of an Illinois river that is connected to the 1976 disappearance of two men.
Fishermen using sonar equipment located a vehicle at the bottom of an Illinois river that is connected to the 1976 disappearance of two men.
The gold 1966 Chevrolet Impala was found about 8 to 10 feet below the surface of the Pecatonica River, Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana said at a news conference on Wednesday.
The vehicle is linked to the nearly 50-year cold case of Clarence Owens, 65, and Everette Hawley, 75, who went missing on Feb. 19, 1976.
They were last seen at a farm auction near the Winnebago-Ogle County line and had been driving a gold 1966 Chevrolet Impala at the time they vanished, according to authorities.
Fishermen were using sonar equipment to look for the best fishing hole when they came across what they believed was a car, Caruana told reporters.
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