A Cold Case Reopened

          On April 3, 2000 two teens went missing in Sparta, Tennessee after never returning home from a party in White County. These teens' names were Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel. Erin's brother was the last to see the pair alive earlier that day. The families reported the teens missing after 1 week of them being gone. The police had many leads but they all led to nothing. Some leads even pointed to the teens being murdered. 

        After the teens' case has been cold for 21 years a scuba diver has found their car they were last seen in. The scuba diver who had found the car was Jeremy Slides. The sheriff had pointed out an area for Jeremy Slides to look in the Calfkiller river for their car. Sure enough Jeremy Slides had found the car with human remains in it. The car’s license plate indicated that the car was in fact Erin Fosters. The human remains are being tested to clarify if they are the remains of the teens.

         Jeremy Slides is a very popular youtuber. Slides tries solving cold cases all over the US. He uses sonar technology to solve the cold cases. His youtube channel is called Exploring with Nug. He had tried once before and failed to find the teens car in november. Slides had not told anyone that he had gone looking. After Sheriff  Page saw the video of Slides's first attempt he saw that Slides had better equipment than the police did so that is why Slides was asked to come back. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scuba-diving-youtuber-discovers-submerged-car-tennessee-teens-disappea-rcna8017

https://www.the-sun.com/news/4257857/who-were-jeremy-bechtel-and-erin-foster/

Jeremy Slides Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHubEgFJZQahvKeT1vMeng 

        

  

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  • It's pretty cool that he found them because we now know where they were at. This is good that this guy named Slides found them so there is no more cold case. It's hard to believe that this guy had better scuba equipment than the actual police.

  • I think that this is a very sad situation. I think that it is kind of sad that a youtuber could have found the car and the bodies but they could not find them during the time of the case. I think that situation is very sad and there is nothing you can do about it now. 

  • I think the situation is really sad, but it is really cool that Jeremy Slides was able to make an impact on the case. It's crazy that after so many years they were finally able to crack this case. If Jeremy Slides could keep using his technology for different cases, I think it could make the process much easier and quicker.

  • I saw the video of him finding the car. I was surprised when he did. Solving cold cases has always been fascinating to me because these famililies have been dealing with the emotions of never having closure of their kids and now that they find out what happened to the kids later on, they will finally get to have peace. I've wanted to go to school for stuff like this and I like watching crime shows (Criminal MInds or Cold Case Files).

  • I think it's case that they found the car after 21 years, and that they even had a slight idea on where to look is crazy. It just shocks me that after 21 years they solved the case, however it would be quite sad as a parent if your child was lost for 21 years, having no clue where they are or what happened to them.

  • In my opinion it is prett surprising and crazy that they found the car after 21 whole years later and how they found it is really exciting too. I think it is definitely a good act how he is trying to solve a case that's been closed for more than a decade.

  • I think thats this case is honestly pretty crazy. The fact that they had an idea on where to look was quite crazy. Its pretty cool that Jermey is trying to help these big mystry cases and has been both unsuccessful and Successful. 

  • I think this is pretty cool that he found them because we now know where they were at. This is good that this guy named Slides found them so there is no more cold case. It's hard to believe that this guy had better scuba equipment than the actual police.

  • I think it is very weird that nobody had any leads or anything on where they could have gone. But if it is their car in the water I could see why. It is very cool of the youtuber to be doing things like that but I feel like it could also be very dangerous. If it is the remains than good job to the youtuber.

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