The blue Subaru Legacy belonging to a father of five reported missing in November 2016 has been found underwater near the Atlantic City coastline.
Its driver, Dashand Stokelin, remains missing, Atlantic City police said Friday.
Authorities said a boater passing through the Clam Thorofare detected the vehicle on sonar earlier this week. A dive team dispatched the following day concluded the car had been there for a long while. It was pulled from the water on Wednesday.
“The vehicle has been identified as the one being operated by Stokelin on the morning of his disappearance,” police said in a Friday press release. “Detectives have conducted a search of the vehicle which did not yield any human remains.”
Authorities continue to seek tips on Stokelin’s disappearance. He’s described as a Black man standing at 5-foot-5 and weighing 190 pounds. He was 36 years old when he last seen by his family.
The Atlantic City man frequented the Camden, N.J., Jersey City and Philadelphia areas, according to reports. He had no known health issues or substance abuse problems, his sister said in 2016, per BreakingAC.com.
At the time of his disappearance, Stokelin was a father to a 7-year-old girl and four boys ranging in age from 10 to 17, his sister said.
Stokelin’s family said it wasn’t normal to not hear from him and that he had never gone missing before.
