Ok, on the topic of why people put cars into a river or body of water?
I am still researching and looking for an actual study or statistics and so far not finding anything.
However, lots of articles like this :
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...imack-river/3t1m5xjSg9QwQnDoPlTpJO/story.html
That point to what I suspect is likely :
Car Insurance Fraud
Someone steals car/joyride/dump
Accident
Car used in crime/dump
Dump car/body to hide - similar to above, but i separated out because it's a method specific to hiding a body.
Suicide -- I put it here because it's suggested in this case, however I still point to the 1% in regards to people using it as a method of suicide.
It's actually a great method to hide all things crime related as it's usually many months or years before they get found. Why? because of the expense of finding them and pulling them out.
The list is prioritized by my probability assessment, so it's certainly not above questioning. I think 1&2 are probably close in terms of frequency. I think the rest are much lower frequency , with accident probably significantly higher than the last 3.
Accident is obviously high on the list for this case, since 1&2 are excluded.
But.. we have a SUV in the water too. Figuring out why it's there, could raise the probability of it being a dumping ground. That changes probability of foul play in this case.
Why is that SUV there?? hope they are looking into that. Car insurance fraud, more innocuous. But if that's a stolen car or one used in a crime..... Now you have to wonder if there is a connection in terms of people - even if not specifically for this case. For example if someone in this investigation has a connection to someone you can link to that car... of course you have to take a closer look at said person.
