
When we attached it and tried lifting it up, it just ripped apart.” “It was not the vehicle in question it was a Toyota 4-runner. After getting approval, they arrived in Utah prepared to help two families.Īfter detecting a vehicle, the crew geared up for a dive.

“I’m happy to be right there along the side of them while they’re doing what they do.”īut even before they unloaded their boats, the team got authorization from the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which controls the dam. “It means a lot to me to be able to be out there and be a part of it,” said Reese’s sister Thunder Alexander. They were in a boat a few hundred yards from the location where a vehicle was detected. Watching with great interest are family members of Lloyd Reese. PART ONE: Missing in Utah: The search for two friends who vanished in 1985 “And in doing so, we did locate a vehicle in the federal area of the dam.” “We got here and we conducted a thorough sonar search, which is what we specialize in,” Bishop said. “Adventures with a purpose” travel nationwide looking for submered vehicles that were involved in a possible crime.Īctually, they began their search the day before, using sonar to detect any vehicles in the water. “So our mission in East Canyon reservoir is to look into the 36-year-old cold case,” said Doug Bishop, a member of the team. Last week, the Utah Cold Coalition also conducted an underwater search at the dam. Wednesday, a team of divers from an organization that calls itself “Adventures with a purpose” began diving into the waters near the dam itself. In 1985, her brother, Lloyd Reese, and a friend, David Jaramillo, disappeared after attending a party at the East Canyon reservoir in Morgan County. For 36-years, she’s been seeking answers to what happened to her older brother.

SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4) – The day started with hope but ended in despair.Īnd for Thunder Alexander, it’s not the first time.
