Resolved FL- West Palm Beach, lake south of 45th Street east of Interstate 95, UID remains, in submerged late 80's car, 9 Feb. 2024 - NOT HUMAN

[carbuff]

If they had family to make the report. Lots of people are either estranged from their family or have outlived them all.

That's what I was thinking.

 

[azure]

Any chance the husband could have driven all that way to ditch a body and a car?

Penelope Marie Madanat – The Charley Project

Long shot, I know, but it’s all I found so far.

Is there any evidence that the Prelude mentioned is missing? Her husband indicated he drove himself home after letting his wife out of the car.

 

[carbuff]

Is there any evidence that the Prelude mentioned is missing? Her husband indicated he drove himself home after letting his wife out of the car.

It doesn't seem to have been missing the next morning, but after that, who knows?

 

[tamsidea]

FL - FL - Arlene Ferretti, 40, West Palm Beach, 15 July 1987

The Doe Network: Case File 887DFFL Arlene Grace Ferretti Missing since July 15, 1987 from Palm Beach County, Florida Classification: MissingVital Statistics Date Of Birth: March 13, 1947 Age at Time of Disappearance: 40 years old Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'1"; 120 lbs...

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I wonder if Arlene had a car that was also missing?

 

[Kreep78]

FL - FL - Arlene Ferretti, 40, West Palm Beach, 15 July 1987

The Doe Network: Case File 887DFFL Arlene Grace Ferretti Missing since July 15, 1987 from Palm Beach County, Florida Classification: MissingVital Statistics Date Of Birth: March 13, 1947 Age at Time of Disappearance: 40 years old Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'1"; 120 lbs...

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I wonder if Arlene had a car that was also missing?

Great find and definitely a possibility!

 

[carbuff]

FL - FL - Arlene Ferretti, 40, West Palm Beach, 15 July 1987

The Doe Network: Case File 887DFFL Arlene Grace Ferretti Missing since July 15, 1987 from Palm Beach County, Florida Classification: MissingVital Statistics Date Of Birth: March 13, 1947 Age at Time of Disappearance: 40 years old Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'1"; 120 lbs...

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I wonder if Arlene had a car that was also missing?

She looks like the most likely possibility so far.

 

[tamsidea]

It does seem like they would mention a person's car missing though on their flyer. Especially if it was new.

 

[iulia]

Remains found Friday in submerged car are a turtle, not human

West Palm Beach police gave a surprising update Tuesday about remains found inside a car that had been submerged in a lake for decades.

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West Palm Beach police gave a surprising update Tuesday about remains found inside a car that had been submerged in a lake for decades.

Investigators said the remains aren’t human, as many suspected.

Instead, an anthropologist has identified them as turtle remains.

 

[Hestia's Fire]

Okay, I did not see that coming.

 

[dotr]

Remains found Friday in submerged car are a turtle, not human

West Palm Beach police gave a surprising update Tuesday about remains found inside a car that had been submerged in a lake for decades.

www.wpbf.com

West Palm Beach police gave a surprising update Tuesday about remains found inside a car that had been submerged in a lake for decades.

Investigators said the remains aren’t human, as many suspected.

Instead, an anthropologist has identified them as turtle remains.

Good to know, his ninja buddies wondered what happened to him.

ninja turtles 1980s - Google Search

 

[SimsGuy67]

Remains found Friday in submerged car are a turtle, not human

West Palm Beach police gave a surprising update Tuesday about remains found inside a car that had been submerged in a lake for decades.

www.wpbf.com

West Palm Beach police gave a surprising update Tuesday about remains found inside a car that had been submerged in a lake for decades.

Investigators said the remains aren’t human, as many suspected.

Instead, an anthropologist has identified them as turtle remains.

Oh wow... What a twist, and one I'm very glad for, now that we know nobody died. I wonder why the car was there, and if it related to foul play, but I doubt it.

 

[lightofmine99]

Ummm...how does one confuse turtle remains for human remains?

The car being submerged underwater still implies the high probability of human remains having been there at one point. Researching the car and its ownership could still solve a MP case.

 

[Hestia's Fire]

Ummm...how does one confuse turtle remains for human remains?

The car being submerged underwater still implies the high probability of human remains having been there at one point. Researching the car and its ownership could still solve a MP case.

Depending on what kind of turtle it was, the remains could have been roughly human-sized. I used to live in Ormond Beach, Florida, where there was an old WWII lookout tower on the beach with a famous story of a night sentry who thought he was firing on a foreign operative sneaking onto the beach at night from a submarine. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that he'd actually shot and killed a leatherback turtle (poor thing).
I could definitely see a diver underwater, peering into a wrecked car and seeing a dead turtle and mistaking it for a human, considering the physical changes a human body would go through in those same conditions. You definitely wouldn't be expecting a turtle inside a car, I'm sure.

 

[benowens]

Oh wow... What a twist, and one I'm very glad for, now that we know nobody died. I wonder why the car was there, and if it related to foul play, but I doubt it.

Regardless it's still sad that a living being died.

 

[SimsGuy67]

Regardless it's still sad that a living being died.

That is very true. I hope that the turtle at least died peacefully. I don't know much about that kind of thing to know though.

 

[carbuff]

One of the articles mentioned that there was a lot of adipocere (grave wax) over part of the body, so that may have obscured identifying features. The flippers look a lot like hands.

 

[GatorFL]

I'm local to this. I would guess the car went into the lake off Village Blvd. Maybe a joyride type thing.

 

[carbuff]

I'm local to this. I would guess the car went into the lake off Village Blvd. Maybe a joyride type thing.

Or deliberately ditching a stolen car, or one used in a crime? That happens a lot in my area.