FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) – A physique found deep in the mangroves of Fort Myers Beach has been identified as a Hurricane Ian victim greater than 4 months after the devastating storm battered Florida.
After the physique was found on Tuesday, police used dental data to establish the physique as 82-year-old Ilonka Knes.
According to NBC2 News, Knes’ neighbors stated they hadn’t seen her because the hurricane hit. Knes reportedly lived proper down the highway from the place her physique was found.
“Trying to find everyone from the storm…that can’t be an easy task,” resident Thomas Vasquez informed the outlet.
Two months in the past, on Oct. 7, a wellness examine was referred to as in for the aged lady. Lee County deputies, together with companions from different companies responded, nonetheless, their makes an attempt to find her have been unsuccessful.
After a number of makes an attempt to find her, she was formally listed as a lacking particular person eight days in a while Oct. 15.
Knes’ stays have been found on Tropical Shores Way on Fort Myers Beach by a contracted particles elimination firm, the outlet reported.
During a press convention Thursday, Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated the areas are impassable by boat and aren’t seen by air. Once the stays have been positioned, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was contacted instantly.
NBC2 acknowledged that Knes was one of many two individuals nonetheless lacking from Ian. The Sheriff’s Office dominated the reason for loss of life as an unintentional drowning.
According to NBC News, Hurricane Ian claimed the lives of no less than 148 individuals in Florida. The late September storm was one of many deadliest hurricanes to hit the United States in the previous 20 years, the positioning reported.