Stolen Vehicle Found Submerged
05/02/2016

(KAIR)--A vehicle stolen in Atchison is later found in nearby Missouri, submerged in a body of water. 

Police Chief Mike Wilson says it happened during the weekend. “Sometime between 9 p.m. On Saturday night and 7:30 Sunday morning, a 2005 Nissan vehicle was taken from the 1100 block of Santa Fe,” Wilson tells MSC News. “About midday [Sunday], we were notified by the Buchanan County Sheriff's Department that the vehicle had been recovered in Buchanan County, specifically just north of 59 Highway, in an area that's commonly referred to as Dead Man's Hole, it's a pool of water that's over there, in a rural area. The vehicle was found submerged in that water.”

Wilson says no suspects have yet been developed, with the join investigation into the theft of the car ongoing. 

Wilson says investigators believe the keys had been left in the vehicle, making it an easy target for whoever took it. 


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