On September 25, 1967, Roy Benn, then 59, was seen for the very last time behind the wheel of a Buick Electra of 1963 and “was in possession of a very large sum of money“According to a ballot of disappeared people. At the beginning of August 2025, the mystery around his disappearance was lifted and the case partly resolved thanks to a fishing game.
If we do not know if the fishing has been good, we know that it was rich in emotions. Indeed, aboard their boat, the two fishermen made a surprising discovery. As they sailed on the American river, Brody Loch and his friend had a Sonar at their disposal to probe the seabed.
For those who do not know it, a sonar allows you to “see with sound”. How ? Well by sending sound waves that will bounce back on any obstacle and go back to their point of origin to “map” aquatic or seafarers.
What was not their surprise when six meters deep, the two fisherman friends fell on a car just after catching a golden gold, a kind of fish from the poles of poles.
They were far from imagining that they had just put their hands on a vehicle at the heart of a 58 -year -old mystery. “” “It was 100% luck. If my friend had not caught this golden gold, we would have continued to descend the river and we would never have found it.”Explained Brody Loch at CBS News.
Resolved mystery, even if fuzzy areas still exist
After the intervention of the police, the car found at the bottom of the Mississippi turned out to be a red Buick Electra and it is surely the most macabre, human remains were found there.
Even if a further analysis will be necessary, a press release from Stearns County said it was the car thanks to its identification number and probably the remains of Roy Benn.
Following his disappearance in 1967, his brother had participated in the research in vain and Roy Benn had been legally declared dead in 1975. It was not until 58 years and a fishing game so that the family of the deceased could finally mourn.
It is not known if an investigation will be open to discover the circumstances of death. Especially since the press release from Stearns County does not mention the discovery of the said sum of money transported by Roy Benn when he disappeared 58 years ago.
But the family can at least be reassured that the mystery living around their disappearance is indeed closed.
Source: CBS News
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