Body found in car belonging to Florida teacher missing for 3 years
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2023
- A body was found in the car belonging to a missing Port Orange teacher who has been missing for three years, according to Volusia County deputies. Deputies said they found a car belonging to missing Port Orange teacher 70-year-old Robert Heikka in a body of water in the area of 4290 Pioneer Trail between SR 44 and 415.
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I think the most touching part of this story is that even after 3 years people still cared to look for a missing person.
Amazing.
Only because his car warranty was about to expire.
Amen
@@scottlathrop66 savage bastard 😂
I think it's suspicious someone painted the car camouflage, foul play may be afoot
‘MISSING’ is the worst place to be. Prayers for comfort for the family. Gratitude and respect for those who searched and found this man.
DEAD is worse than MISSING. I had a dog go live on a farm when I was a kid, he may still be alive for all I know, and I'm much more cool with that. It was 30 years ago, but stranger things have happened
true, not being able to move on with your life, not knowing the truth of what happened, no closure, pays a toll on your soul in a state of not being able to heal
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May his soul finally rest in peace 🥺
@@JoyofBooking not really were all going to die can you imagine the distress of ones soul trying to be found & everyones mental health and lifes wondering. At least death a full circle of life.
God bless these people who care enough to keep on going for families they don't even know. My heart goes out to this missing man's family.
It’s their job. They May say they don’t get paid,but they certainly end with more money than they started with
🌌🌎💐💜🙏
@@BlockchainToTheFace They should be paid! I don’t understand why this gets thrown out to somehow denigrate the gift they just returned to a family! Without these searchers, willing to go in alligator infested waters to retrieve vehicles and remains, these families would never have answers. Pay them whatever the hell they want! They deserve it!
Not bad getting paid by people's taxes. Look at all the government agencies with "3" letter words . Over 100 of them
My heart hurts for his family. My dad went missing for 6 days back in 2019. He was found alive and well, suffering from a dementia/amnesia episode. I can honestly say I will never wish the torture of not knowing on anyone ever. I didn’t sleep for 6 days , worrying about him. I can’t imagine 3 years going by. May he rest in peace and the family find closure and consolation.
So glad he was found safe!!
i remember going a missing a few times. tryna commit suicide and running away and stuff. even a search helicopter was sent after me. worst thing about this was the cold
Glad he was found safe and shows he is a good father for you to suffer so much worrying about him.
Amazes me how often people go missing who are found years later still in their vehicles.
Thats how things out here in America.
@@mrman3196 because other countries look harder.🤣
It’s crazy
There’s a lot of open space and lots of roads in america, specifically the Midwest.
@@cknorris3644 not that its just coz theres a lot of crazy sick people walkin about
Love seeing these dive recovery teams do such important work bringing answers to families!
Not just important work, but god's work.
do the police have any leads?
@@jacobmartinelli7496 police doesn't care. They care about giving tickets and harassing regular citizens.
Quite a hobby, isn't it?
It is always people who do this for FREE that find these missing people where police, who have taxpayer money and salaries, fail. Thank goodness for these volunteers.
Not 'always'...
@@blusnuby2 No. Most of the times, yes!!!
Police don't FAIL. They have too many other crimes. But police DO find missing people all the time!
Mostly bc what you font understand is the police have hundreds or thousands of investigations going on. Who knows how many missing person cases alone lol. They don't have unlimited time or money bc it has to be spread around. I thi k it's a lot easier for a independent group like these guys to find people.
Police have more than one case to solve daily. Who do you think got the subpoena for his phone records, that’s right the Police! You don’t know what you’re talking about!
I'm glad he was found. I am happy that the search team found him.
What a wonderful group of volunteers!!
Glad they found him. At least the family can have some sort of peace. My prayers to them. And outstanding job of all search teams looking for him.
Having to search over 70 bodies of water sounds insurmountable. I'm so glad this family was able to find out what happened to their loved one and that his colleagues, friends, and students don't continue to have the lingering question of "what happened?" whenever they think of him. Truly bittersweet end to a search like this, but what a relief, too, for the family to know his body can now be respectfully put to rest.
This happens quite a bit. People go missing for no apparent reason, then are found YEARS later in a body of water just waiting to be found. *Adventures with a purpose* youtube channel finds people across the nation that have been missing and are found under water.
My thoughts as well
While they were down there maybe they found some gold?
Hope his family finally have peace.
Thank you searchers! You are great human beings!
I think not knowing what happened to a loved would be absolute torture....sad ending but hopefully the family can now lay him to rest & find peace ❤
I would still want to know how he ended up there.
@@rbspider
That can only be speculated. I suppose.
@@rbspider they may be able to still find out.
It's pure TORTURE the unknown information can be too strong for some people in that situation trust me😢
@@donnab8365 I understand
Rest in peace brother you were such an amazing teacher we will never forget you. 😢❤😢
I know you had good intentions by saying RIP, but it’s the families that can now RIP, he’s been in heaven3 years ago, just his earthly body that was here. Glad you had wonderful memories about this teacher.
Cherish his memories.
@@humaneleaguelancPA unneeded comment, thankfully they found him for everyones sake😊
@@humaneleaguelancPA okay karen… your name says it all
@@humaneleaguelancPA Good Intentions? Who are you to tell a person how to grieve or what to say about a fellow teacher or friend of his that was missing for 3 yrs. and then found
God bless your efforts. That is amazing work.
Question is how did he end up in the swamp like that
He took the words… Truly is bitter sweet 🙏🏼 I lost my son in a car accident in 2018.
In saying that… I couldn’t imagine going through 3 years of not knowing… All the
assumptions going through your mind.. All the support in the beginning… Then
one day you wake up and it’s few and far between…. I hope in time they find peace.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your son🥀. I hope you've found a way to cope and heal your heart. I imagine holidays are really tough now for you. They mean different things after such a loss.
We lost our newborn granddaughter last year, and it's been devastating, especially because it was due to negligence😭. It was like we had her, but not really.
no parants love their children.
🏅🏆🎖These divers deserve a humanitarian award of some sort. They've repeatedly found lost loved ones, often years after the police stopped looking.
They are AMAZING🌟!
If it takes them three years to find a body in the first place they looked, they need glasses.
@@gracie2298
I wonder how they cover their expenses. They deserve donations but I've never heard of a way to donate. I am just in awe of their dedication.
AWP, chaos divers Exploring with Nug etc are the ones who have found about 40+ missing people and started the movement. This team is not very good to overlook him on the 1st try. They aren't the experienced teams finding everyone. They're inexperienced copycats who missed him 1st try. Sonar would have picked him up easy.
@Gracie
Hi Gracie! Thanks for the info!
I didn't know there were several of these diver groups. I will pay closer attention to the names of each group, just because I like to get the facts correct about such things.
I thought one of the 2 diver groups in this story was from my home state (Oregon) because they've been so successful at finding people lost in water. I honestly don't know their names, but I will change that soon!
Thanks again for your time!
🌻kch
@@ednaatluxton4918 AWP has missed the vehicle on the first search!
Oh this gave me the chills. Thank you for not giving up trying to find him. God bless you all.
Crazy I had him as my teacher in 7th grade he was a grumpy old man rest in peace though
I’m glad this family finally got answers but my heart goes out to them for their tragic loss!
In a terrible accident?
His car was in the middle of a swamp.
How tf did it get there?
I always wonder why the news never provides more details. The story left more questions.
Looking at the pictures, one is left wondering HOW the car GOT into the water? There did not seem to be any roads near by.
Omg ! How sad Thank God you all found them ! Thank you 🙏🏾
Judging by the remote location of the vehicle, either he didn't want to be found or someone else didn't.
How did he end up in the lake is what I want to know
Very sad ending for the family but now they have some answers.😢🙏
Sad for the overall outcome but wow it’s very moving to know there are people out there that care and won’t give up until they find answers
I'm glad he was found. Prayers for his family. ❤ ❤ 🙏 🙏
I'm terribly sorry for the loss of the friends and family, but I'm also glad they have this closure now.
Resolution but never closure.
Getting closure like this is really critical to moving on with life. These volunteers really did a good thing, and I'm sure the missing man would be deeply grateful if he could know how much effort strangers put into finding out what happened to him.
Thank you to all the Searchers for looking a second time. Fantastic job at finding him thank you. My condolences and sympathy to the family
Many years ago, a retired from Cdn Military couple with two teen daughters, started through the local scouting group, a search and rescue team. 14 and up in age. We were trained for ground searches, urban searches, and each of us on the team had developed specialties. So maps, first aid, knots, on and on. There were 12 teens on the team, and 6 in their 20s. We were attached to both the city of Toronto police, and the Province of Ontario. So we usually were used to re search areas the police and SAR had been through. Also we were used in city malls looking for runaway teens because we blended and weren't threatening. I share this because this kept a lot of young guys off the streets, and being active, and us young women learned survival skills and more. It wasn't expensive, we didn't use big equipment. Some of our team joined military, some went into police dispatch, I went into Nursing. So communities can organize and train and help search for new and old missing people as a co pimento to these big water search teams.
What an excellent idea. I hope it gets out and some teens with time on their hands can do something very decent and learn some great skills along the way.
Hopefully this time someone can bring a dog or two. It never hurts to have a canine along in your search and rescue group. They can carry their own water too.
It's a fantastic idea just make sure everyone reads up on David Paulides and knows what to do and not do. Don't lose anyone while you're out looking for lost people. It's vitally important to carry a transponder and a gun. Don't take any chances.
Bless everyone who is willing to help another lost being. Sometimes we all need a hand. ❤😊🎉
@@lorimiller4301 that's why a group of teens needs an expert leader.
wow 3 years still good to see the love for him
Its sad that the common people have to do the job of police.
Very sad...so very sad.
Police only enforce laws. The protect and serve thing isn’t an actual thing unfortunately. Next time your car breaks down and cop pulls up ask him for a ride and see what he says.
@@kctv5042 I am sure they are looking right now, to possibly see if there was foul play.
@@ccrider3435 possibly it’s usually not foul play in these types of situations though
@@kctv5042 By enforcing the law they DO serve and protect. They risk their lives every day just by driving! They are usually the FIRST responders that show up. Often go into burning buildings and perform all kinds of dangerous rescues. They ate targets for mentally ill and criminals. They protect and serve EVERY DAY. And they DON'T leave you in a dangerous place. If you don't have a phone they call someone for you. And OCCASIONALLY they DO give you a ride. And if there is no safe place for you to wait they wait with you.
how the heck did his car get into the middle of the woods and then into a lake/pond?
I hope Mr. Heikka's family and friends have peace now. A map included in this report would have been helpful to understand what went wrong. Ty
Yes. News stories leave more questions than answers.
that’s called dedication and brains. congratulations to the team. sorry for the family. 😢
So sad. God Bless the family and those who searched for him 😢😢😢
Such a heartbreaking loss. Thank goodness for the search team refusing to give up on trying to find him.
Thank you for your service, the relief that comes from having these answers,Is beyond a lot of people's recognition. Heart felt to the family
Thank you for giving his loved ones closure. Now they know he never left them ❤️
How would he get his car there? How close to a road? The vegetation looks pretty dense.
You can see cars parked in the background at 1:51 ; guessing there's a road or parking area right there.
.. not to mention that the vegetation has been growing three more years since then
Heartwrenching. Thank God he was found after three years of waiting for answers. Hopefully, they conduct an investigation as to how he ended up there. May he rest in peace.
Many blessings to these search team members.
The teams that do this work provide such an amazing service to communities and families.
R.I.P now Robert. Thank you to the recovery team❤
I suppose he lost control of the vehicle, but I also suppose it will be difficult to know for certain until more investigations are made.
I wonder if it was suicide?
I wonder how far off the road it was not to have tire tracks and then be in water. .poor guy
I see his age and body type and think heart attack while driving.
What a relief for his family. Rip. Condolences.
But how the heck did he and his car get so far off the beaten path into a river?
I learned from Adventures with purpose channel that cars are death traps when they go into water. Always carry a window breaker tool when driving.
God Bless you all! Thank you both for everything you do.
My condolences to his family, friends and his student’s! I’m so very sorry for your loss.
The most wonderful thing is now with some training anyone with an expensive down and side imaging sonar otherwise known as a fish finder can find an abnormality in the water and report it to the authorities or if it’s not to deep dive it. Our police departments don’t have the funds to keep looking and families deserve answers. My condolences go out to this man’s family and I’m glad they finally can bring him home.
They don't have the funds to look, but some guy with a aluminum boat and a decent fish finder can find the stuff they can't be bothered to. But I'm glad they can pony up the cash to buy all that military hardware they can get their hands on to look like a small militia on their own. Up here they found the remains of a young woman that's been missing for a few years within a mile of the police station. They took the skull and a couple of bones and somehow couldn't be bothered to poke around and find the rest and actually investigate it, cleared the site and her family walked up and found a bunch of her bones just lying about that they forgot, and they couldn't be bothered to come back down the road and finish the job. The county investigators ended up showing up to do the job because it made all the police look bad because they just half assed it. They have the money, time, and manpower to get this shit done... they just don't have enough fucks to give to actually do it.
Facts!
You clearly don't know anything about police budgets. They're the only well funded institution in America 😂 Your Republicans have been defunding education for decades and giving all that money to police and military.
@@roachymart2318 preach! Third largest army in the world but they can’t afford a few afternoons out in a boat with a fish finder?
Crazy how many people they have brainwashed.
@@roachymart2318 Heartbreaking. Who would leave someone's bones ? That poor family. May God soothe their hearts.
Thank you for doing this, for giving the missing persons family and loved ones answers.
At least the family will finally have answers.
Thanks to all those who worked tirelessly to find this gentleman, it's sad but finally it will bring closure to the family.❤
These men are Angels, how wonderful. So much love, care, blood, sweat and tears they give to find one missing man.
🔌
These guys are real heroes!
How sad😢 at least they can put him to rest.
I am glad they found his body in his car even after 3 years. Now, his family can have closure. We never find where my father was killed during that horrible genocide period 😢. We live without knowing where, how they killed him, was he tortured ! How was he taken as prisoner of that horrible war. 😢. We have no information until this day 😢.
Can you tell us what you were talking about as I don't know what you mean by that genocide and that war as there have been many wars and many genocides
I'm sorry about your late father 😢😢
@@gardensofthegods oh the Pol Pot regime in the 70s. Cambodia.
@taroyahollis6977 thank you.
@@kolapyellow7631 You are so welcome. May your father Rest in Peace in Heaven
Glad they went back!
ALL missing persons deserve to be searched for with the dedication that people continued to search for this man.
Bless their heart!
Comforting prayers to his family and prayers and huge thanks to these heros. How selfless is it to donate your free time to give peace to a family. Bless y'all❤
How did he get that car clear the hell down there? That's the question I'd like answered. Couldn't see a road of any kind leading to the body of water or even close enough to it . I'm glad they found him.
A relief for the family of this man! Prayers and support for them.🙏🧡🙏🧡🙏
I'm relieved that after so long the family can finally have answers and know exactly where their loved one was and can lay him to rest properly. So bittersweet. You always want to know, but it never dulls the pain. That poor family will now have to grieve all over again. So sad.
Thank you to all the searchers who gave of their time and emotion to find this person,and May GOD comfort his family and friends during this time as well. So sorry for this outcome.
Thank yall for still searching for loved ones' families.. This rests plenty of people souls just knowing the recovery🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
God Bless these volunteers! Thank you for doing what you do! ❤
Ty @Sunshine State Sonar 🙏🏾
So relieved for the family. RIP
These guys along with the crew from Adventures with Purpose are hero's in my opinion. Great job.
Rest in peace, Mr. Heikka. Praying for your family ❤🙏
Makes you wonder how many more people are "missing" and are somewhere like this!?
How did his car get there? Is there a street nearby and he veered off the road?
Kind of strange since his Chevy didn't appear to be damaged. It's almost like it was parked there.
🙏🏿 SADLY ALL AT THE SAME TIME ITS A BLESSING 🙏🏿
Clearly, he is very loved.
The condition of that car, showing very little, if any damage, makes me wonder how the driver died in that car. IF the died in the accident at all. Seems suspicious to me
He may have committed suicide...happens alot actually
@@mzbatonrougebeauty5267 suicide by drowning in a car, in a pond, slowly? Seems like a whole lot of effort. Had he driven off a cliff, the car would have been trashed. Had he shot himself, how would the car wind up in a pond? If he OD'ed, similar question. But suicide by drowning, in a car, in a pond, slowly?
@@timothymallon Plenty of ppl have committed suicide via drowning and other slow, painful ways.
He could have had a heart attack and lost control
@@JoJo-gr1rp Still kind of strange since that Chevy didn't look to have any damage from losing control. Looks like it was just parked in that spot.
God bless the Family and the Teacher, hats off to all the people who never gave up looking for the guy. Nice to see people out there doing the right thing when there is a lot of wrongs these days!
Thank you for not giving up! You have given his family and friends an answer, finally.
Thank you for all your dedicated searching🙏❤️🙏
Prayers and condolences for his children 🙏❤️🙏
Why the hell was he out there in the first place?
Why does it matter
@@MasterMayhem78 Because it does.
@@Wooley689 Exactly... whether it was an accident or even intentional on his part. Looks rather difficult to land up in there with all that overgrown vegetation around, but very hard to tell the proximity from a nearby road or parking lot based on the camera angles provided. The story really should've explained that in detail, but no... probably because it's "under investigation".
@@MasterMayhem78It matters because it's possible he was MURDERED and they could have pushed his car in the water knowing he might not be found for a long time ... and any evidence might not still be viable by the time he would be found .
Great job finding him. Prayers for his family and friends 🙏 ❤️ 💙
Bless you guys. Job well done. ❤
Thanks rescuers
These two men care.Good men bless them.
Heart breaking 😢
As a combat vet who was part of our units search and rescue team, the US is one of the few countries that never stops looking for missing US citizens and soldiers. As a Florida man, proud of my state for never giving up and for finding him do his family can get some closure.
Virtue signaling...
Curious as to how far off the beaten path was this car located?
Thank you for recovering him.
THANX To ALL INVOLVED
It is good to see other volunteer divers creating their own recovery to help families who depend on law enforcement or their cities and state unable to successfully locate missing family members. Thank you to all the volunteers that keep up the search for missing vehicles and persons that may be in them. May they rest in peace. May the family and friends be relieved of pain they suffered because of a lost loved one. May the divers be safe in their attempts to finding these lost ones. ❤
I love that teams like this exist and use resources we have now to bring people home again. It's a wonderful thing! ❤️
Thank you for Not giving up. Bless these people. ❤
I love the work they do. God bless them 🙏🏽
My condolences
I'm so sorry to his family and friends.
wondering how many of these are suicides this isnt next to a road
My thoughts exactly
Doesn't really matter. Mental illness is just like any other disease. They deserve to be found no matter what the cause!
Definitely a suicide.
And don't rule out foul play ... he could have been murdered and they could have pushed his car into that water
I've seen cars end up in alligator alley because of gators and big turtles. I always tell people to just get on there brakes slightly and go head on don't swerve! Rip to the teacher!