Car from 1960s discovered in Mississippi River could be linked to missing persons case

A 1960s-era car recently discovered in the Mississippi River could be connected to a decades-old missing persons case.

On Sunday, a fisherman was using a sonar finder while out on the Mississippi River near County Road 1 in Sartell. The man thought he spotted a car in the river on his device and contacted authorities.

Deputies with the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Water Patrol Unit responded to the scene, and later organized a dive team search of the area with Benton County.

On Wednesday morning, the dive team discovered a 1960s-era car on the bottom of the river, halfway full of sediment. A tow company was called in to help get the car out of the water, but as of this afternoon it remained submerged.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office contacted Stearns County about a missing person