It is believed the remains of Charles and Catherine Romer have been recovered from a pond right next to where the couple disappeared.

It was a 1978 Lincoln Continental that matches the car Charles and Catherine Romer were driving as they returned to New York from wintering in Miami Beach in April 1980.

Charles and Catherine Romer were declared missing in April 1980 after a trip to Brunswick. The case had gone cold for 44 years until last week when a car was found submerged in a pond.

Catherine Romer loved thoroughbred racing and enjoyed traveling with her granddaughters, introducing them to new foods and restaurants, Seaman said. “She was like the celebrity of our house.