The body of a Florida mother who went missing more than a decade ago was found in a pool near Disney World on New Year’s Eve, according to her family and a volunteer search team.
Sandra Lemire’s body was found submerged in a pond on Interstate 4 near the Disney World exit in Kissimmee, Sunshine State Sonar posted to Facebook on Sunday – along with a photo of the vehicle she was driving, which was also found.
The news brought a sense of closure to her grieving son, Timothy Lemire, of Michigan.
“They found my mum’s van yesterday after years of not knowing what happened to it!” he posted on Facebook. “The folks at Sunshine State Sonar made all of this possible…these guys put an end to this long mystery case.”
But Timothy says he’s still left with lingering grief, unanswered questions.
The body of Sandra Lemire, 47, was found after more than a decade in a pool near Disney World. Orlando Police Department
“It looks like he took the exit way too fast and went straight into the water,” he wrote. “What hurts the most is that I think if he is suffering… or if he knows that he is trapped and can’t get out!”
“It kills me to think that he knew he was going to pass,” Sandra’s son continued. “I don’t know how to take it…I wish I could [have] have a chance to say goodbye to him.”
In a statement provided to The Post, Orlando Police confirmed that “a volunteer civilian dive team reported a vehicle submerged in a body of water on World Drive.”
Sandra was driving her grandmother’s 2004 Ford Freestar minivan when she went missing. Sunshine State Sonar / Facebook
Authorities have not officially confirmed that the body is that of the long-lost woman, referring to the body as “unidentified.”
The Florida Highway Patrol is handling the traffic accident investigation, authorities said.
Sandra, 47, left her grandmother’s home in Orlando in the elderly woman’s 2004 Ford Freestar minivan on May 8, 2012 to meet a man she had communicated with through an online dating service, rescue groups said.
Sunshine State Sonar volunteer search team confirms Sandra Lemire’s body has been found. Sunshine State Sonar / Facebook
He called his grandmother to let her know he’d arrived in Kissimmee and promised to call back before he started home – but he never did, and no one ever heard from him again.
Sandra was last seen driving the minivan when she left a Denny’s restaurant in Kissimmee.
Police determined the man Sandra visited was not involved in her disappearance, WKMG reported at the time.
During the interview, the man claimed he met Sandra at the McDonald’s where she worked, and then they went their separate ways, according to the outlet.
Sandra was initially reported missing on May 8, 2012. Orlando Police Department
Police told the network they believed his account.
Sandra’s grandmother Pauline Varner told the outlet that she was worried because her grandson had diabetes and did not have insulin with him.
“It’s very difficult because you just don’t know, and it’s not a good thing. I just hope he’s okay,” Varner said. “He told me he’d call me when he got there and he did, then he said he’d call me when he was ready to come back and I said, ‘OK fine,’ but that never happened.”
Sandra, a mother of three, has never been known to disappear for long periods of time without telling her grandmother.
“It’s not like him because if he goes to the store, he says I’ll be back in an hour and he’s back in an hour,” Varner said.
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