March 28, 2008

Expect to see this on an upcoming episode of CSI: Miami (excerpted from original story)

Police Identify Body Found Inside Van Pulled From Canal: Owner Of Van Reported Missing Decades Ago
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.

A cleanup at a South Florida canal turned into a forensic investigation after a body was found inside a car pulled from the water.

Police have been conducting a cleanup effort to pull cars from a Coral Springs canal for two days. On Wednesday, authorities found a 1970s-era van with human remains inside.

“It is not a full skeleton right now,” said Sgt. Joe McHugh of the Coral Springs Police Department. “They’re still looking for additional bones inside the vehicle but several bones were discovered.

Police revealed the identity of the man whose bones were found: Jeffrey Walter Klee had been missing for more than 30 years. He would’ve been 49 years old. Klee went missing in June of 1977 when he was 18 years old.

His friend was at the scene near the Coral Springs canal where the van was discovered. “When he disappeared, a lot of people were wondering what happened to him,” Klee’s friend said. “It really always stuck with me. What the hell happened to Jeff Klee? I never thought he’d be in our own back yard.”

Forensic investigators are working to put together the puzzle. The cause of death might never be known.

Anyone who attended Coral Springs High School around 1975 and might have a yearbook picture of Klee should e-mail us at WTVJDesk@nbc.com.

Here’s the full story.

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