Overview

• Two Minnesota fishermen detected the submerged Buick Electra near Sartell last weekend using a consumer-grade sonar fish locator.
• Divers raised the 1963 metallic blue Buick on August 13 and found human remains inside the vehicle.
• Investigators read the car’s VIN and matched it to Roy George Benn, who vanished in September 1967 and was declared legally dead in 1975.
• The vehicle and remains have been sent to the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office amid warnings that decades underwater may hinder standard identification techniques.
• Stearns and Benton County sheriff’s offices have notified Benn’s next of kin and are preparing follow-up investigative steps pending the forensic results.