An underwater search team that specializes in missing persons cold cases discovered approximately 30 cars submerged in a South Florida lake over the weekend, police said.
Dive teams from multiple agencies will be recovering the vehicles from the lake in Doral and “a thorough investigation will take place,” according to the Doral Police Department.
“As of this time, it is unknown if these vehicles are linked to criminal activity nor how long the vehicles have been submerged in the lake,” Doral police said.
Authorities were investigating Tuesday after divers recovered dozens of vehicles from a lake in Doral, Florida. Miami-Dade Police Department
The lake was one of several hundred locations the divers had on their radar to search, and “it just so happened to have 32 cars,” he explained. More than 40 cold cases on are their radar in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties, Bishop said.
The sunken vehicles were not connected to any of the cases they are working on, but police are investigating whether they are linked to other crimes, according to Bishop.
Miami-Dade police told CNN their divers were working Tuesday to recover vehicles from the lake with assistance from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
According to Miami-Dade police, once each vehicle is recovered from the lake, its vehicle identification numbers will be reviewed to determine which department will take on the case.
Source: CNN
