HAMPTON, Iowa (AP) - A vehicle belonging to an Iowa man who has been missing since 2013 has been recovered and a member of the team who found it said human remains were inside.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said a Volkswagon belonging to Ethan Kazmerzak was found Monday in a body of water near Hampton.
Kazmerak, of Hampton, was last seen at a party in rural Franklin County on Sept. 15, 2013. He was 22 at the time.
Jared Leisek, a scuba diver, said on his YouTube channel that remains were found inside the vehicle but a coroner will need to confirm they are Kazmerak’s, The Mason City Globe-Gazette reported.
Leisek said his team used sonar to find the vehicle and confirmed the license plate during an underwater search Monday.
The water where the vehicle was found had been searched two other times, the sheriff’s office said.
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