ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County investigators said they are still waiting for confirmation that a body inside an SUV discovered in a local pond; is that of missing Belle Isle mother Stephanie Hollingsworth.
Hollingsworth, 50, was last seen Sept. 25 at her Monet Avenue home near Hoffner Avenue and South Conway Road.
BREAKING: @OrlandoPolice tell us detectives just confirmed the license plate on the vehicle in the pond matches the license plate on the vehicle Stephanie Hollingsworth, the missing Belle Isle woman, was last seen driving. pic.twitter.com/tauP9NUvBk
— Deanna Allbrittin (@deannaTVnews) October 18, 2020
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The SUV was discovered fully submerged in water Saturday near Story Time Drive and Dowden Road, not far from Innovation Middle School.
Police said the SUV was found by civilian drone pilots who were assisting with the search for Hollingsworth.
Crews pulled the SUV out of a retention pond Saturday night.
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RIGHT NOW: Friends and family of missing Belle Isle mother Stephanie Hollingsworth are gathered in Lake Nona near Story Time Dr and Dowden Road. Police are here guarding a crime scene next to a small body of water. A tow truck and a flatbed recently arrived. pic.twitter.com/bI9ok9HQap
— Deanna Allbrittin (@deannaTVnews) October 17, 2020
Police said its license plate matches the one on the vehicle Hollingsworth was last seen driving.
Hollingsworth was last seen on surveillance video at a Walmart off South Goldenrod road last month.
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Before that, she withdrew $20 from a Bank of America location.
Police said they are working to identify the body that was found inside the SUV.
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