It was in September of 2013 when we told you about the bizarre story of the cars (and bodies) discovered at the bottom of Foss Lake in Oklahoma (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STORY). Law enforcement officials were testing out some new sonar gear there and discovered a 1952 Chevrolet and a 1969 Camaro at the bottom of the lake. Divers checked the cars and found two bodies in the 1952 Chevrolet and three bodies inside the 1969 Camaro. Obvious questions arose immediately when the discoveries were announced. How did this happen? Were the people killed by some type of serial murderer and then hidden in the lake? Were these people that had been long searched for in the area and then given up on? Perhaps the most important question was whether or not the families of those missing people would ever get some closure by discovering what happened to them. They got their answer from authorities recently and they now know where their loved ones were for all of those years.
Medical examiners determined that Jimmy White and the other occupants of his car accidentally drown in the lake when their car somehow entered the body of water. The rifles found in the car were not used on any of the occupants and the deal was confirmed as being accidental. The other car, which went missing almost a year to the day of White’s Camaro also had three people in it and the medical examiners ruled the same way for those three people as they did for White and the people in his car. Death by way of accidental drowning. The family of the occupants in the 1952 Chevy apparently visited the lake frequently for recreation and always wondered if it was possible that their loved ones where at the bottom. Creepily, they were.
There was no possible “happy ending” for this story but there’s at least the knowledge of what happened, where it happened, and where the remains are now of these people. We hope that gives the family some peace.
Thanks to Jay for the tip!
Bizarre story, doesn’t make sense. There’s no closure here other than the fact they found the bodies.
Yes, there is closure for the families of the missing people. Now they know what happened and can give them a proper burial.
Kids driving fast on dark country roads, Hmmmmm. Rifles in the car, Hmmmmm. I’m officially “old people” and I STILL drive too fast on dark country roads. “Oh shit…glug glug” Not too hard to figure out.
not hard to figure out at all. google Foss lake in Okla, and you will see a long straight with a dogleg in the middle of it. the road is in the background of pic. as for the cars being right next to each other, its simple explanation. deepest part of lake, forty years of water traffic and water movement is gonna gather everything together eventually. its a sad deal no matter how its viewed though.
Still could be a serial killer but not as likely as misfortune. If the green (looks brown to me) 52 Chev needed to be push started perhaps it quit again and they tried rolling it down the boat ramp to start it and found the brakes were as good as the charging system?
The Camaro could be a matter of horsing around in the newly bought car. Maybe trying to do a big burnout up the boat ramp and backed into the water to get the tires wet first…
Hope the fuzz checked for things like the ignition and headlight switch being on, the transmission in gear, etc.
Sorry for there loss… But what are they going to do with the camero?
Anyone call dibs on the camaro yet? I always wanted one
You know both cars look very restorable and imagine low miles for at least one of them….Sadly there’s really no closure for the families. It’s sad to think you go missing and nobody finds you until many many years later. I imagine horsing around or a deer in the road.
Those cars will never be considered restorable. They are a crumbled mess.
How long until those cars show up at a Barrett-Jackson auction? “Genuine Lake Find”
Well….four separate people drowning while their cars some how end up in the water???? Are Americans perhaps a little naieve?!
First off there were 5 people – read the article – and second, before you go rubbishing the entire country maybe learn how to spell naïve….
In 52 there were no seat belts and in a 69 camaro there was only a lap belt even in the front. There are an average of 384 drowning deaths in an automobile a year. 206 of them are in passenger cars. The odds that 3 16 year olds could escape hitting water at a high rate of speed without a shoulder belt are slim to none. Back in those days there was no internet or even public service announcements to forewarn people of the hazards of escaping a submerged car and panic trumps everything. A car without seat belts hitting water very well could have knocked out all four passengers on impact. These cars were not built to survive an accident. If it happened once it will happen again. So two cars is plausible. Now a serial killer drowning 4 victims and then submerging them together in their car not once but twice 15 years apart is ludicrous.
A plane landed in the Hudson river & every one of them lived. Granted, they had seat belts, but I’m still not buying any accidental death. How many kids do you guys know that can’t swim? Especially when they live near a lake. No, someone should have survived. Maybe not all of them, but some.
One more thought for you guys… I used to live on the lake, very close to my house was a dead end street with no barricade, Every once in a while, usually after the bars closed, some idiot would fly down that street and end up in the lake. Nobody died.