A submerged sport utility vehicle recovered with a body inside from a retention pond Sunday on the Southside belonged to a Jacksonville man missing since December, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police haven’t identified the victim nor determined how the person died because it was early in the investigation...
However, detectives said the license plate on the sunken SUV matched the one on a Chevrolet Tahoe owned by Douglas David Swanson Jr., 28, who disappeared Dec. 14...
On Sunday, a utility company crew working nearby saw the roof of an SUV under the surface of the water in a pond in the 6800 block of Belfort Oaks Place and called police about 12:17 p.m... The pond is near a curve in a neighborhood including offices as well as homes.