Typically, when a stolen vehicle’s trail goes cold for 44 years, it never turns up. Crooks like to chop ’em up and sell the parts, or grind off the VIN and tack on the identifying details from another car. Neither of those proved to be the case for this 1982 Volkswagen Rabbit in Leicester, Massachusetts, as it was just found at the bottom of Rochdale Pond thanks to some guy’s fish finder.
The Leicester Police Department posted about the recovery on Facebook, sharing that the Rabbit pickup was unearthed on Monday, April 13. It required some cross-department collaboration as the Massachusetts State Police Dive Team, Leicester Highway Department, and Town of Leicester Fire Department all worked to drag out the truck. Upon closer investigation, …
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Author: Caleb Jacobs
