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Adventures With Purpose Discusses Finding Human Remains In Darby Creek From Possible Missing Person Case

"We discovered a vehicle 24 feet deep underwater down Darby Creek," Doug Bishop, of Adventures With Purpose, said.

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March 21, 2022

On Sunday, a volunteer rescue dive team described the extreme conditions they faced while pulling out the body of a man they say went missing more than 18 years ago.

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“We discovered a vehicle 24 feet deep underwater down Darby Creek,” Doug Bishop, of Adventures With Purpose, said.

Divers from a volunteer rescue team, Adventures With Purpose, who discovered the body of a man inside a submerged car Saturday night near the Ridley Township Marina, say the family of James Amabile believe it is their loved one who went missing more than 18 years after calling a babysitter to say he was running a few minutes late.

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