Human remains recovered in 1960s car pulled from Mississippi River in Sartell

The Brief

Law enforcement pulled a 1960s Buick sedan from the Missippi River in central Minnesota on Wednesday.

Police said human remains were recovered from the submerged vehicle.

The car's VIN matched to a man that was reported missing in September 1967.

SARTELL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Human remains were recovered from a car submerged in the Mississippi River that belonged to a Minnesota man missing for nearly 58 years.

The backstory:

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office said a 1960s Buick sedan was pulled from the Mississippi River on Wednesday near Riverside Avenue in Sartell, Minn. The vehicle was first spotted by a fisherman who noticed an "anomaly" on his sonar and reported it to law enforcement.

The car, severely deteriorated and filled with river sediment, was loaded onto a tr