A 44-year-old homicide case has gotten hope for closure after two skeletal stays have been present in a automotive submerged in a murky pond in the US final week. The automotive is believed to belong to a Scarsdale couple that vanished in 1980.
Charles Romer, a retired oil firm govt from Scarsdale, and his spouse Catherine have been driving to the Westchester County suburb from their house in Florida within the spring of 1980. They made a cease at a Vacation Inn, now referred to as the Royal Inn, in Georgia. Nonetheless, they may not be discovered after that day even because the police discovered a few of their unpacked belongings within the resort, reported The New York Occasions.
The incident left their household trying to find solutions for many years, with the police suspecting that the couple might have been killed in a theft as Ms Romer had a considerable amount of jewelry along with her.
Now, practically 44 years later, the discovering of bones and a trove of jewelry, together with a Rolex watch and diamond ring, from the submerged automotive has given hope that the chilly case might have been solved.
In response to Georgia police spokesperson Lawton Dodd, the human stays within the automotive “conclusively present the our bodies of two individuals have been within the automobile”.
It’s but to be ascertained whether or not the stays belong to the Romers.
The police have additionally discovered a license plate bearing the couple’s initials, Ms Romer’s granddaughter informed The New York Occasions.
Investigators are additionally reportedly looking for a VIN quantity from the automotive to see if it matches the couple’s 1979 Lincoln Continental – during which they have been travelling the day they went lacking.
Additional investigation is underway to find out whether or not the stays belong to the Romers – who have been of their second marriage, officers stated.
“Whereas the investigation will take months to finish, this growth presents a decision much better than the limitless questions we have confronted for thus lengthy,” one other granddaughter of Ms Romer informed the New York Put up.
The police have additionally discovered one other automotive in the identical pond, however it’s reportedly not associated to the Romers’ lacking case.