{"id":38019,"date":"2015-11-20T01:46:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T01:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imhd.nl\/log\/?p=38019"},"modified":"2015-11-24T11:39:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T11:39:34","slug":"meer-dan-waar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imhd.nl\/log\/meer-dan-waar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"meer dan waar (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bericht in de krant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eigenstijl\">Lichaam vermiste man duikt op dankzij Google \u2013 Een Amerikaan die negen jaar geleden op mysterieuze wijze verdween, is gevonden, omdat iemand zijn auto op Google Maps in een vijver zag liggen. De politie liet de auto uit het water takelen. De vermiste bleek nog in de auto te zitten. Volgens de politie in Kent County in de Amerikaanse staat Michigan verdween de toen 72-jarige Davie Lee Niles in oktober 2006 na het verlaten van een bar in het gehucht Byron Township. Zoekacties leverden niks op.\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Een waargebeurd verhaal over hoop die dieper en dieper zinkt, over hopen tegen de klippen op, over hopen tegen beter weten in, vergeefs, <em>only God knows time and place<\/em> waar Davie Lee Niles verdween. Tot op een wonderbaarlijke dag, negen jaar later, een zoekmachine iets vindt, echt iets vindt, niet virtueel, niet op het web, maar op aarde, in de bruine modder van een groene vijver, waar tussen kronkelende waterplanten de auto van de vermiste Davie Lee Niles aan de oppervlakte komt drijven, alsof een almachtige gletsjer een geconserveerd lijk jaren later alsnog uitspuwt.<\/p>\n<p>Als ik de krant dichtsla, brengt diezelfde zoekmachine me binnen een halve seconde op een webpagina die het verhaal stukslaat. Een man is een kerstboom aan het versieren wanneer hij een gezonken auto in een vijver ziet liggen. Hij belt de politie. Wat blijkt? Al die jaren had de auto met Davie Lee Niles erin duidelijk zichtbaar op Google Maps in een foto gelegen, niemand had het gezien. The trouble with fiction is that it makes too much sense, whereas reality never makes sense, schrijft Aldous Huxley.<\/p>\n<p><!--- Het is heel lastig om te geloven dat de krant verhalen vertelt. ---><\/p>\n<p><!---- http:\/\/woodtv.com\/2015\/11\/10\/vehicle-pulled-from-kent-county-pond\/ ---><\/p>\n<p><!--- BYRON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) \u2014 The man who discovered a submerged car with human remains inside was decorating a Christmas tree at the time.\nBrian Houseman was on a lift, putting the final touches on\u00a0a tree outside Cook Funeral Home in Byron Center\u00a0when he spotted a car submerged in a pond off 84th Street SW.\n\u201cAll of a sudden, it\u2019s like, \u2018Whoa, there\u2019s a car out there,\u2019\u201d Houseman told 24 Hour News 8 Tuesday. \u201cNo one could ever see it. It was murky and things moved around.\u201d\n\nHouseman called the Kent County Sheriff\u2019s Department, not knowing he just solved a\u00a0nine-year-old\u00a0missing person mystery.\nThe Kent County Sheriff\u2019s Office Dive Team responded to the call around 9 a.m. Tuesday\u00a0and confirmed there was a vehicle in the pond.\nWrecking crews\u00a0pulled the mud-covered car from the water just before 11 a.m. and authorities discovered skeletal remains in the driver\u2019s seat, presumed to be Davie Lee Niles.\n\n\u201cFor us today, it\u2019s a closure of a long search,\u201d Niles son-in-law, Scott Hathaway, told 24 Hour News 8 on Tuesday. \u201cWhy God waited nine years, I have no idea, but we\u2019re happy.\u201d\n\nNiles disappeared on Oct. 11, 2006. He was last seen at his regular watering hole, Jake\u2019s Bar in Byron Township.\u00a0Family members said he met a buddy there and then left suddenly, which family members said wasn\u2019t unusual because he was dealing with discomfort caused by cancer. Niles was also dealing with depression.\nAs years passed, so too did their hope of finding him.\u00a0In 2011, the family published an obituary.\n\u201cDavie Lee Niles, age 72, of Wyoming, passed away and only God knows the time and place,\u201d the obituary read online.\n\nThe pond where Niles\u2019 car was discovered is about half a mile from where he was last seen.\n\nNiles\u2019 family members showed up at the scene Tuesday to see where their loved one had been all this time. Relatives said the discovery gives them the closure they\u2019ve been waiting for.\n\u201cIt\u2019s good to have him home,\u201d Hathaway said.\n\u201cI\u2019m just happy for that,\u201d Houseman said upon hearing the family was relieved to have closure.\n\nKent County Sheriff\u2019s investigators said they were waiting on dental records to positively identify the body. But they said that they do believe it is Niles because the vehicle was his and they found his wallet\u00a0in the car.\nThey do not know what happened to him, but they\u00a0do not suspect foul play.\n\u201cI don\u2019t know that we\u2019re ever going to be able to determine if it\u2019s suicide or accidental.\u201d said Kent County Sheriff\u2019s Lt. Ron Gates. \u201c[It\u2019s] pretty bizarre.\u201d\nAnyone with information in this case is asked to call the Kent County Sheriff\u2019s Department at 616.632.6357 or Silent Observer at 616. 774.2345. ---><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bericht in de krant. Lichaam vermiste man duikt op dankzij Google \u2013 Een Amerikaan die negen jaar geleden op mysterieuze wijze verdween, is gevonden, omdat iemand zijn auto op Google Maps in een vijver zag liggen. De politie liet de auto uit het water takelen. De vermiste bleek nog in de auto te zitten. 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