Body discovered in submerged car of Florida teacher missing since 2020, sheriff says

A body was discovered inside a submerged car that belonged to a teacher who has been missing for nearly three years, authorities in Florida.

The white 2012 Chevrolet Impala of Robert Heikka was recovered from a canal along Pioneer Trail near New Smyrna Beach

 The nonprofit Sunshine State Sonar Search Team and Recon Dive Recovery members spotted the car after a recent and significant drop in the canal’s water level and confirmed the tag, officials said. The sheriff’s dive team then pulled the car from the canal.

On Oct. 26, 2020, Heikka never showed up for work at Creekside Middle School in Port Orange, where he taught since 2002. Heikka, then 70 years old, was reported missing and multiple agencies, including the FBI, have since been searching for the missing teacher.