The body of a Florida mother who disappeared more than a decade ago was found in a pond near Disney World on New Year’s Eve, according to her family and a volunteer search team.
Sandra Lemire’s remains were found submerged in a pond on Interstate 4 near the Disney World exit in Kissimmee, Sunshine State Sonar posted on Facebook Sunday, along with a photo of the vehicle she was driving, which was also recovered.
The news brought a sense of closure to her grieving son, Timothy Lemire of Michigan.
“Yesterday they found my mom’s truck after all these years without knowing what happened to it!” posted on Facebook. “The guys at Sunshine State Sonar made this all possible…these guys put an end to this long and mysterious case.”
But Timothy said he still had the pain of lingering, unanswered questions.
The remains of Sandra Lemire, 47, were discovered after more than a decade in a pond near Disney World. Orlando Police Department
“It appears he took an exit ramp too quickly and went straight into the water,” he wrote. “What hurts me the most is thinking if she suffered… or if she knew she was trapped and couldn’t get out!”
“It kills me to even think that she knew she was going to die,” Sandra’s son continued. “I just don’t know how to take it…I just wish I could.” [have] I had the opportunity to say goodbye to her.”
In a statement provided to The Post, Orlando police confirmed that “a volunteer civilian diving group reported a vehicle submerged in a body of water on World Drive.”
Sandra was driving her grandmother’s 2004 Ford Freestar minivan when she disappeared. Sunshine State Sonar / Facebook
Authorities did not officially confirm that the body was that of the long-missing woman and referred to the remains as “unidentified.”
The Florida Highway Patrol is leading the investigation into the traffic accident, authorities said.
Sandra, 47, left her grandmother’s house in Orlando in the older woman’s 2004 Ford Freestar minivan on May 8, 2012 to meet a man she had been communicating with through a dating service. online, the rescue group said.
The Sunshine State Sonar volunteer search team confirmed that Sandra Lemire’s body had been recovered. Sunshine State Sonar / Facebook
She called her grandmother to tell her she arrived in Kissimmee and promised to call her again before starting the trip home, but she never did and no one heard from her again.
Sandra was last seen driving the minivan as she left a Denny’s restaurant in Kissimmee.
Police determined that the man Sandra had visited was not involved in her disappearance, WKMG reported at the time.
During an interview, the man claimed that 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 believe his story.
Sandra’s grandmother, Pauline Varner, told the outlet that she was worried because her granddaughter was diabetic and did not have insulin with her.
“It’s very difficult because you just don’t know and it’s not a good thing. I just hope he’s OK,” Varner said. “She told me she would call me when she got there and she did, then she said she would call me when she was ready to come back and I said, ‘Okay, okay,’ but that never happened.”
Sandra, a mother of three, never disappeared for an extended period without telling her grandmother.
“It’s just not like her because if she goes to the store, she says, ‘I’ll be back in an hour,’ and she comes back in an hour,” Varner said.
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