MO MO - Donald Erwin, 59, Camden, 29 Dec 2013 *remains ID ongoing*

[Darling136]

From the above link

A forensic pathologist will examine the remains. Investigators are confident the hip belongs to Erwin. They notified the family of the findings.

Looking forward for the results to mark as deceased after all those years.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Investigators said they're confident that the remains and artificial hip belong to Erwin, but a forensic pathologist will examine them to make a final determination.

Human remains, artificial hip recovered after YouTuber helps find missing man's car in Missouri pond

Human remains and an artificial hip were found in a Missouri pond days after police found the car of man missing for 10 years submerged in the water.

www.cbsnews.com

The same car was pulled from an area lake earlier this month after YouTuber and drone pilot James Hinkle spotted it during his own hunt for the missing man, a nearly year-long journey he has chronicled on his popular channel “Echo Divers.”

“Wow Brother. What a special Christmas this is. Even though you’re not with us, we know where you are now and we can rejoice because of it. I love you brother and I miss you terribly, but I know it was God’s will that brought you to us and I know you are no longer in pain,” Erwin’s sister, Yvonne Erwin-Bowen, wrote on Facebook following the news.

Detectives are still working to uncover how Erwin ended up in the water when he was making an early morning cigarette run 10 years earlier.

YouTuber helps find remains of missing Missouri Army vet 10 years after he disappeared

Scuba divers jumped into the water to confirm the algae-covered car was the one Donnie Erwin was last seen driving almost exactly a decade earlier.

nypost.com

 

[Sonny Crockett]

Sad news, but at least the family will now have closure.

IMHO whenever a person(s) & their car are both missing and they were known to have been driving near a river/lake/etc., there is at least a chance that their disappearance has something to do with the proximity to the body of water.

 

[iulia]

His NamUs page has been removed.

 

[Unsolved]

Did you see the cross recovered in the car that they gave to his sister (rear view mirror)? 10 years underwater - from the family Find Donnie Erwin FB group:

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[dotr]

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[imstilla.grandma]

A freelance videographer had been using a drone over the property to search for Erwin’s remains when they found the car. They contacted the property owner with their discovery.

Later that day, Camden County deputies and crews from the Mid-County Fire Protection District Dive Team went to the pond to investigate. There, they matched the license plate on the car to the plate of Erwin’s missing Hyundai Elantra.

The car was removed from the pond that day and Erwin’s family was notified.

10 years after disappearance, ‘the rest’ of missing man’s remains are recovered from pond

The remains of a man missing since 2013 have been fully recovered, bringing closure to his family after a decade of waiting.

www.kctv5.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Using pumps on loan from the Missouri Department of Conservation, the FF14 Volunteer Fire Department and a pumper truck from the Mid-County Fire Protection District investigators drained the pond and recovered what we believe to be the rest of Mr. Erwin's remains. Mr. Erwin's family was notified of the discovery.

It has taken ten years to recover Mr. Erwin's remains, and it would not have been possible without the hundreds of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and volunteers who helped conduct searches all over the country.

Donnie Erwins Remains Recovered from Pond

Camdenton, MO - 02-10-24 - Camdenton, MO - On Friday, 02-09-24, detectives from the Camden County Sheriffs Office along with ...

www.camdencountymosheriff.org

 

[dotr]

YouTuber finds car in pond to break open baffling cold case

Army veteran Donald Erwin went missing in 2013, after he left his home to go buy cigarettes and never retur...

www.9news.com.au

"It has taken ten years to recover Mr. Erwin's remains," the sheriff's office said.
"And it would not have been possible without the hundreds of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and volunteers who helped conduct searches all over the country.
"Mr. Erwin's family has been through a lot, waiting to hear any news of his disappearance."