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‘It’s Just Bittersweet’: Remains of Broward Man Who Disappeared 39 Years Ago Found

A volunteer group using sonar technology located the truck and remains submerged 42 feet deep, ending a nearly 39-year cold case in Broward County, police and rescue teams said.

Summary by Sun-Sentinel
Suzanne Hodges thought she would never know what happened to her stepfather. On Labor Day morning in 1986, Howard Gratteau, 39, told wife Rejane Gratteau that he needed to do a quick repair job in Davie and would be back within an hour or so. The besotted couple had everything ready for later that afternoon to go out sailing for the holiday on their new Hobie Cat, Hodges said of her mother and stepfather. He didn’t return home. Later that aftern…

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WSVN broke the news in Miami, United States on Monday, September 15, 2025.
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