YouTuber Assists in Discovery of Missing Veteran's Remains

Drone Footage Leads to Breakthrough in Decade-Old Missing Person Case

YouTuber and drone pilot James Hinkle helped Missouri authorities find human remains believed to be of Donnie Erwin, an Army veteran who went missing in December 2013.
Hinkle, who runs the YouTube channel Echo Divers, used his drone to locate Erwin's submerged car in a pond in Camden County.
Authorities brought divers and cadaver dogs to the site, where they recovered human remains and an artificial hip that matched Erwin's.
While a forensic pathologist is yet to confirm the identity of the remains, investigators are confident they belong to Erwin.
Hinkle's YouTube channel, Echo Divers, is a scuba diving search and recovery team that assists in missing persons cases.