Car found submerged in Georgia pond could help solve the 1980 cold case of a missing couple

The discovery of human remains inside a vehicle found in a Georgia pond may be linked to a New York couple who disappeared in 1980, according to police.

The discovery of human remains inside a vehicle found in a Georgia pond may be linked to a New York couple who disappeared in 1980, according to police. A human bone was found inside a submerged Lincoln Continental on Friday, prompting authorities to drain the pond in Brunswick to search for further remains. “The vehicle is similar to the description of a vehicle that Charles and Catherine Romer were believed to be driving when reported missing in April 1980,” the Glynn County Police Department announced on social media Saturday. “Ultimately a match must be determined by the VIN number and it has not been possible yet to get that from the vehicle found in the pond,” a department spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday. The Romers were on their way back to New York after a vacation in Miami when they disappeared near the Brunswick Holiday Inn, now known as the Royal Inn, CNN affiliate WABC reported. Housekeepers found their bags and personal items in their hotel room the day after they were last seen. The car found was located in a pond along Interstate 95 and New Jesup Highway, near the hotel where the couple was last seen.