That could be trailer tracks for a county/state owned boat. Water sampling is common for organizations such as Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC). (My oldest used to work for FWC) They would take boats to places and do sampling of water and sealife, particularly in moving bodies of water such as a creek.
That's a good point and it does show a few water quality sampling spots there on this site. I don't see a date close to 2012 but it seems like there's multiple organizations that have access to it.
BREAKING NEWS! After nearly 12 years, we have found missing Orlando mother, Sandra Lemire. 
That’s not too awfully far from where that large gator was captured recently. Gotta hand it to the diving team searching in those retention ponds. So glad she has been found so her family can finally have closure. I am right by that area now and wonder how many missing persons and their vehicles are in these ponds along I-4. RIP Sandra.
We located her vehicle submerged in a retention pond on the side of I4 near the Disney World exit in Kissimmee Florida. Sandra’s remains and personal belongings were recovered today, December 31, 2023.
Lemire left her grandmother's home near I4 and John Young Parkway in Orlando, Florida on May 8, 2012. She was driving her grandmother's red 2004 Ford Freestar minivan with the Florida license plate number J36-8ZE. Sandra, along with the vehicle were never seen again.
Lemire was headed to Kissimmee, Florida to meet a man she'd been communicating with through an online dating service. She called her grandmother to say she'd arrived in Kissimmee, and promised to call again before she began the journey home, but she never did. She was last seen leaving a Denny’s restaurant in Kissimmee, driving the minivan.
In a collaborative effort with detectives from Orlando Police Department, a total of 63 bodies of water were searched over the last 17 months. The first search took place on July 2, 2022. Last week, detectives from Orlando Police provided additional information that prompted this weekend’s search . With the new information, one of our incredible team members, in Virginia, started mapping new locations, which included a variety of highway locations. At approximately 1:30 PM on December 30, 2023 we got a hit on sonar in a small retention pond at the Disney World exit on I4. We located what appeared to be a minivan submerged in 14 feet of water. The team quickly suited up and dove on the vehicle to make the license plate confirmation.
This extremely challenging recovery was an incredible collaboration of different law-enforcement agencies. We would like to thank Orlando Police Department, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida, Florida Highway Patrol, AATR Orlando Towing & Recoveryand Osceola County Sheriff's Office. All assisted in the recovery.
Our hearts go out to her family who supported us along the way we are saddened at the circumstances, but glad we could assist in bringing her home. Rest in peace Sandra, you are finally home.
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As soon as I saw the on/off ramp, I thought, poor lady lost control. Or maybe the weather was awful that evening and she couldn't see. So glad to see her going home and her family will be at peace now.
What‘s strange is there is always a large amount of traffic in this area at all times and no witnesses.
I think that is odd too. It would have been light out from 7:00am until after 8:00-8:30pm in May. Traffic on I-4 has always been a nightmare. Maybe there was construction at that exit at the time too.
I thought this all along. Glad they finally found her.
This wasn't my idea but someone brought up the possibility to me that she missed the exit here (1) after taking a right turn out of the Denny's and mistakenly took the next exit (2).
That would have led her to merge onto i-4 going south. She probably noticed she was going the wrong direction and tried to get off, and the next exit to get off would have been where she ended up..
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We located her vehicle submerged in a retention pond on the side of I4 near the Disney World exit in Kissimmee Florida. Sandra’s remains and personal belongings were recovered today, December 31, 2023.
Lemire left her grandmother's home near I4 and John Young Parkway in Orlando, Florida on May 8, 2012. She was driving her grandmother's red 2004 Ford Freestar minivan with the Florida license plate number J36-8ZE. Sandra, along with the vehicle were never seen again.
Lemire was headed to Kissimmee, Florida to meet a man she'd been communicating with through an online dating service. She called her grandmother to say she'd arrived in Kissimmee, and promised to call again before she began the journey home, but she never did. She was last seen leaving a Denny’s restaurant in Kissimmee, driving the minivan.
In a collaborative effort with detectives from Orlando Police Department, a total of 63 bodies of water were searched over the last 17 months. The first search took place on July 2, 2022. Last week, detectives from Orlando Police provided additional information that prompted this weekend’s search . With the new information, one of our incredible team members, in Virginia, started mapping new locations, which included a variety of highway locations. At approximately 1:30 PM on December 30, 2023 we got a hit on sonar in a small retention pond at the Disney World exit on I4. We located what appeared to be a minivan submerged in 14 feet of water. The team quickly suited up and dove on the vehicle to make the license plate confirmation.
This extremely challenging recovery was an incredible collaboration of different law-enforcement agencies. We would like to thank Orlando Police Department, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida, Florida Highway Patrol, AATR Orlando Towing & Recoveryand Osceola County Sheriff's Office. All assisted in the recovery.
Our hearts go out to her family who supported us along the way we are saddened at the circumstances, but glad we could assist in bringing her home. Rest in peace Sandra, you are finally home.
