'A hard pill to swallow:' Family of Nathan Orona speaks publicly about his death
He was a fighter, Soto said, and she suspected he’d tried to get out of the vehicle after it went into the lake, which led to his body being found by a fisherman Sunday. From there, crews used sonar to find Camacho’s car.
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Orona last was seen leaving his mother’s Sheffield Estates apartment about 1:40 a.m. Feb. 1. Camacho picked him up in her gold-colored 2004 Honda Accord, and
the pair reportedly drove to the Hot Waters fishing pier in Lorain — an “unfortunately” popular hangout spot, Evelyn Orona said.
He’d met Camacho in the neighborhood growing up, but the two were not romantically involved. She’d driven from her apartment in the Kinsman neighborhood of Cleveland to pick him up, according to previous reporting.
Almost eight weeks passed before Orona and Camacho's bodies were found.
Rumors circulated, and family members received hoax ransom calls and texts.
Evelyn Orona said she
has no lingering questions on what happened that winter night, and she said she knows in her heart it was a tragic accident — low visibility on a snowy night.
Since Orona and Camacho’s deaths,
Lorain has pledged to place barriers and signage along the piers at Hot Waters to avoid anyone else driving into the more than 20-feet-deep water.