SUV of mom and her 2 kids missing since 2002 found in Ohio River
CBSN
Search crews pulled from the Ohio River in Indiana an SUV that belonged to an Ohio mother who along with her two children went missing nearly two decades ago, authorities said Friday.
Side sonar scan technology led divers to the 1997 Nissan Pathfinder Thursday near Aurora in southeastern Indiana, Indiana State Police said Friday in a news release. The vehicle was registered to Stephanie Van Nguyen, who in 2002 disappeared with her 4-year-old daughter, Kristina, and 3-year-old son, John.
Nguyen, then 26, left a note that she was going to drive into the Ohio River, but her vehicle was not located at the time, police said.
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