Divers looking to solve cold case disappearance find body in submerged car north of Hobart

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A team of divers that specialises in searching for missing people has found a body in a submerged car owned by a Tasmanian man who has been missing for more than six years.

abc.net.au/news/missing-man-dale-nicholson-believed-to-be-found/101881348A team of divers that specialises in solving cold case disappearances has found a body in a submerged car owned by a Tasmanian man who has been missing for more than six years.His family reported him as missing and despite an "extensive search", no trace was found at the time

The 61-year-old was last seen alive by a neighbour on December 10, 2016, and spoke to a friend on the phone that afternoon. "We have found Dale Nicholson. He was last seen going to get breakfast with his fishing rods and we found him yesterday at 4:11pm in the afternoon," diver Bill McIntosh said."We're glad we're able to bring closure to the family. It's a sense of relief … [for them] that we found him. They know where he is.

The above image from 2009 shows the location on the shore of the River Derwent before the bollards — visible in the lower image — were added., said they searched the river near a mental health hospital in the area, focusing on boat ramps and other access points to the river.

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