Mother: Toni Anderson’s figure was found in car pulled from Missou – KCTV5
Toni Anderson’s assets was found inwards her car when it was pulled from the Missouri Sea, her mother confirmed to KCTV5 News on Sunday.
The family is still waiting on an autopsy to be ended, but the bod in the car has been lightly identified as that of Toni Anderson because of the condition the figure was in.
The car was found on Wednesday, but could not be eliminated from the sea until later because of a need for divers.
The car was three-quarters of the way packed with silt and the family was told that the car most likely would not have been found if it had taken another week to find it. Anderson’s car was found behind Lincoln Navigator, the very first car that was found in the sea that day.
They believe Toni got turned around and frazzled after being pulled over by an officer and ended up in Parkville where she pulled into the park. There, she drove onto a boat launch that was icy and her car glided into the sea.
The window of the car was down and her seatbelt was off. Despite being a good swimmer, the water and current would have made it too difficult for her to escape the vehicle.
All her belongings were found inwards the car and she was fully clothed. She was not injured, outside of a bruise they think came from the GPS device in her car.
She will be cremated once the autopsy is finished, the family said, and they plan to hold a church service in Wichita, KS.
After weeks of painful searching, friends of the Wichita native say they’re finding convenience in remembering the way she lived her life.
“When you walk into a room, you can just tell, your eyes just go to someone in the room, and it’s because they’re laughing or smiling or just you know just the light of the room. That’s kinda how she was,” Anderson’s childhood friend Jessica Elting said.
“She was the focal point for most people I feel like,” Cameron Pitzer, a woman friends with Anderson for eight years said. “You always knew where she was at because she was the brightest thing in there.”
Coverage about the discovery of her car in the Missouri Sea near Platte Landing Park is below.
Police and recovery teams have pulled Toni Anderson’s car from the Missouri Sea.
A black SUV and a black car were found in the Missouri Sea in the Northland on Friday.
For the last several weeks, police have been conducting searches of the area hoping to find any clues as to where 20-year-old Toni Anderson might be.
Anderson was last seen driving a black Ford Concentrate and has not been heard from or seen since Jan. 15. She vanished after leaving a QuikTrip in North Kansas City.
Crews in boats and divers were searching for something underneath the water most of the day. Eventually, a large fire truck was brought in to help light the area. Then, a thicker search boat.
The black SUV, a Lincoln Navigator, was not Anderson`s car. Kansas City police say the SUV is not connected to any of their investigations.
After finding the SUV, two more divers went into the sea. After hours, the 2nd vehicle was pulled out.
Anderson’s mother confirmed to KCTV5 News that the 2nd vehicle is Anderson’s car and said the license plates matched.
A female assets was found inwards the car. On Sunday, Anderson’s mother confirmed to KCTV5 News that it was the assets of her daughter.
At 8:30 p.m., Anderson’s car was towed away. Police didn’t know if it was driven to that spot in the sea or drifted there.
Platte Landing Park was closed while law enforcement continued to search the area.
Police have always said they had no indication of foul play and say the discovery has not switched that.
The investigation is ongoing.
Memorial for Toni Anderson left by the Missouri Sea this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/9AUoIfOcmh
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