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A Florida dive and recovery team on Friday assisted a sheriff’s office in pulling a car from a retention pond. The vehicle, which belonged to a man who has been missing since 2006, contained human bones.
Robert Helphrey went missing on May 22, 2006, when he was supposed to meet a friend at a house near Peggy O’Neils Iris Pub in Palm Harbor, Florida, according to FOS 13.
Helphrey was spotted in Peggy O’Neil’s Iris Pub and told his friend he would come over eventually, but he never made it.
Helphrey disappeared along with his car.
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The man previously ran a restaurant in Palm Harbor, Florida, the Thirsty Marlin, but failed to show up for work after going missing. He also had no contact with his daughter and did not return home to care for his dog. (Recon Dive Recovery & Sunshine State Sonar)
Recon Dive Recovery, a volunteer group, found the car at the bottom of a Palm Harbor retention pond near Old Oak Circle. (Recon Dive Recovery & Sunshine State Sonar)
The man previously ran a restaurant in Palm Harbor, the Thirsty Marlin, but did not show up for work after going missing. He also had no contact with his daughter and did not return home to care for his dog.
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Robert Helphrey went missing on May 22, 2006, when he was supposed to meet a friend at a house near Peggy O’Neil’s Iris Pub in Palm Harbor, Fla., according to FOX 13. (FOX 13)
Recon Dive Recovery, a volunteer group, found the car at the bottom of a Palm Harbor retention pond near Old Oak Circle.
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A Florida dive and recovery team on Friday helped pull a car from a retention pond that belonged to a man who has been missing since 2006 and found human bones in it. (Recon Dive Recovery & Sunshine State Sonar)
The car pulled from the pond had a license plate on Helphrey.
The human remains found in the car have not yet been identified.
Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter @asabes10.
