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Family says bodies of Whisper Owen, child found in canal near Oakdale
Oakdale, CA - A dive team was called out to a canal near Victoria Avenue and Jackson Avenue, west of Oakdale, not far from the last reported sighting of Whisper Owen's car.
Dive team finds body of missing Stockton man Jacob VanZant in San Joaquin River
Lodi, CA- Authorities say the body found in a car submerged under 18 feet of water has been identified as that of an at-risk missing person.
Tragic missing person case solved in just six hours 40 years after woman disappeared
Miami-Dade, FL - On 1 May 1985, a Florida woman left her home for the last time and went missing for almost 40 years.
Missing Cornelius mayor’s car found in Willamette with human remains inside
Oregon - Washington County Sheriff’s Office announced human remains have been found inside a car submerged in the Willamette River in the Newberg area near Roger’s Landing.
Adventures with Purpose dive team, who found Kiely Rodni, have solved 23 other cold cases
California - The elite dive team who found the body believed to be Kiely Rodni on Sunday in just 35 minutes has also cracked 23 cold cases since the group began their search and recovery work in 2019.
After four years, Jed Hall's family may have answers about son's disappearance
Idaho Falls, ID - Adventures With Purpose, a dive team from Oregon that specializes in looking for evidence from cold cases, found the car Hall was last seen driving in the Snake River. Inside the car were human remains, which law enforcement are working to identify.
Adventures With Purpose: the divers who found Nadine Moses's car
ST. CLAIR COUNTY - 84-year-old Nadine Moses went missing in May of this year. Her car was found 35ft off-shore and 20ft deep in the St. Clair river with a body inside.
Family thanks private company for help in finding man in Columbia River
PORTLAND, OR —The family of the man who died when his car skidded off the Interstate 205 bridge in bad weather is thanking everyone for their support, especially the private search company that helped find their loved one.
Body identified from vehicle found in river
We finally found Tammy. After almost three years of searching the river, searching country roads, searching everywhere, Tammy was right where her best friend, Sadie, our German Shepard rescue dog, was trying to tell us she was at.
Carey Mae Parker was 23 when she went missing from Quinlan, Texas on March 17, 1991.
Car belonging to missing Texas woman Carey Mae Parker found in lake 30 years after 1991 disappearance
See these YouTube divers crack a missing person cold case
Lakeland, FL - When Margaret “Jan” Shupe Smith, 59, vanished near Lakeland, Florida last year, her family and police were baffled.
Cold case divers find missing woman's vehicle in Texas river
Waco, TX - police said a vehicle found in the Brazos River by Adventures With Purpose divers belonged to Stephanie Torres, who went missing in 2017.
Car, remains possibly connected to disappearance of Arnel Narvaiz found in Sacramento County
Stockton, CA — A car and body possibly connected to a missing person's case from the 90s was found in Sacramento County last week.
Man missing for nearly 9 months found dead in sunken car
Portland, OR - A private dive team found his car submerged in 25 feet of water in the Willamette River.
Submerged SUV with body inside found in search for Thomas Thornton
Exactly seven months after he went missing, Thomas Thornton's SUV was found submerged near Huxley Bay Boat Ramp Sunday morning in Shelby County. A body was found inside the vehicle.
Human remains, vehicle connected to missing teen found in Yadkin River
Yadkin County, N.C. - Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons said they were unable to identify the remains at this time and they have been sent off to the medical examiner.
Mazda 6 With A Body Inside Recovered From River
While removing a Mazda 6 from the Willamette River in Milwaukie, Oregon the divers realized a dead body was inside, changing everything.
Human remains, truck recovered from Missouri River in search for missing Nathaniel Ashby
Warrenton, MI - Nathaniel Ashby was last seen leaving for work in his white 1994 Chevy Silverado, on July 31, 2019. On Sunday, December 29, his truck was pulled from the Missouri River.
James Amabile: Body found underwater in Ridley Township is man missing since 2003, medical examiner says
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa.-After divers from Adventures with Purpose Underwater Dive and Recovery found skeletal remains in a car underwater in Ridley Township, the Delaware County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed it was James Amabile, who went missing in 2003.
Dive Crew Retrieving Vehicle In Darby Creek
DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Recovery crews today removed a vehicle from Darby Creek, where the remains of a man who went missing nearly 20 years ago were discovered last week, officials confirmed.
SUV pulled from Darby Creek after missing man's remains found earlier this month
RIDLEY TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Crews removed an SUV from the Darby Creek on Monday morning after divers found human remains in the vehicleearlier this month.
YouTube Group ‘Adventures With Purpose’ Helps Solve Missing Persons Case
The body of a Pennsylvania man missing for almost 20 years has been found, thanks to the help of a specialized YouTube group.
Adventures With Purpose Discusses Finding Human Remains In Darby Creek From Possible Missing Person Case
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) — On Sunday, avolunteer rescue dive team described the extreme conditions they faced while pulling out the body of a man they say went missing more than 18 years ago.
Meet the civilian divers who cracked the case of a Delaware County man who’d been missing for two decades
This group of divers and YouTubers has helped solve about 20 missing-person cold cases in just a few years.