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(AP Photo/The Elk City Daily News/Larissa Graham)
FOR MORE THAN a generation, this rural community has been haunted by a mystery: What happened to a group of teens who disappeared in the early 1970s after heading to a school football game?
Now police believe they may have an answer after divers on a training exercise discovered a car containing skeletal remains in a murky lake. Divers also recovered a second vehicle containing bones, and investigators were working today to find other cold cases that might match the grim discovery.
The cars were found not far from a marina, but Custer County Sheriff Bruce Peoples said it was no surprise that the murky waters held a secret.
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
“This lake isn’t crystal clear. It’s a typical western Oklahoma lake with a lot of silt in it. The visibility is only 6 to 12 inches on a good day,” Peoples said.
We’ll consider it a mystery until we prove otherwise.
The sheriff said it was entirely possible that people simply drove into Foss Lake and drowned.
We know that to happen, even if you know your way around. It can happen that quick.
The sheriff said he was confident the dive teams had found the three boys because one of the cars was a Chevrolet Camaro that appeared to match the description of the vehicle the boys were in when they vanished in 1970. The other was a Chevrolet from the early 1950s.
Sheriff Bruce Peoples answers questions at the scene today (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
“We thought it was just going to be stolen vehicles, and that’s not what it turned out to be, obviously,” Randolph said.
Second car
The origins of the second vehicle were less clear. It was found 50 feet from the end of a boat ramp.
Tim Porter of Enid said he believed the remains could be those of his grandfather, John Albert Porter, who disappeared along with two other people in 1969.
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
“Forty-something years of wondering who or why. If it is my grandfather in there, it’s a gift,” Tim Porter said.
The sheriff said today he was not sure whether the cars held five or six bodies. The state medical examiner’s office believed the remains of six people were recovered.
The bones were being sent to the medical examiner’s office for identification and to determine the cause of death.
A boat ramp near where the two cars were found. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Highway Patrol spokeswoman Betsy Randolph said divers had found three skulls as of yesterday evening, and they planned to continue looking for more remains.
Authorities hoped the discoveries will offer some relief to families who may have gone decades wondering where a missing loved one was.
“We’re hoping these individuals, that this is going to bring some sort of closure to some families out there who have been waiting to hear about missing people,” Randolph said.
If that’s the case, then we’re thrilled.
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Dublin City Council, you guys need this. Pronto.
Dublin city council, Needs public Toilets pronto
Exactly Francis. No point giving out about public urination if there are no public toilets available at 1 am when all the pubs close.
Too many junkies in Dublin to have any public toilets.
What you want is for the lamp post to collect the piss and spray it back out a bit higher over the perp’s head. And let out a little chuckle….
Jeepers. That might piss off a few people!
We need that in Dublin ASAP the amount of dirty drunk men who urinate on the streets is unbelievable…I would love to see a judge get them to wash the streets for punishment.
That’s right Denise, it won’t work for the dirty drunken women who urinate on the street as they ‘hover’.
Very true John. I’ve seen plenty of young ladies hunker down and let go after a busy nights drinking.
and drunk women pissing on footpaths
Where can i buy that paint for the house
Can I have that paint for school toilets so kids can learn to aim correctly not on the walls, seat, floor. Can you paint it on the seat & floor???? I hope there are parents reading this article & teach your kids how to aim correctly.
piss at an angle. flawed system
or just take your shoes off first
if you take a slash at an angle away from your body you’ll be grand
Dublin City could do with this. Mind you we will now have to send a minister on a jaunt to see how it works.
No, the council could do with opening some public toilets.
Múnfaidh sé sin iad!
Heh!Heh!Heh! Punster ceart tré mhean na Gaeilge! An múinteoir tusa?
múntóir agus i mo dhalta i gcónaí! ;)
This story is so old it has whiskers. Are any Journal staff on social media?
what another scam people fall for any oul codswallop when people are drunk they piss on there shoes and pants either way no matter what paints on the wall
Just piss on the ground.
Did ted from the lab in the naked gun invent this?
If only you’d written the same article 2 months ago!
Ah c’mon San Francisco – you are taking the piss now….?
Should that not be “The new paint is spraying off”
gee “whizz”
have your say