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Marco woman found dead in car pulled from canal

Marco Island Police Chief Thom Carr, left, and Capt. Dave Baer talk on the scene of what the Chief is calling a vehicular homicide investigation on Friday afternoon. They say a Marco woman, who was reported missing Thursday night and last seen by friends on Wednesday night, was found in the car located by Detective Glenn Zirgibel in a canal near an empty lot on Sand Hill Street.

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Marco Island Police Chief Thom Carr, left, and Capt. Dave Baer talk on the scene of what the Chief is calling a vehicular homicide investigation on Friday afternoon. They say a Marco woman, who was reported missing Thursday night and last seen by friends on Wednesday night, was found in the car located by Detective Glenn Zirgibel in a canal near an empty lot on Sand Hill Street.

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  • A Marco woman, later identified as Clare Tucker, 90, was found dead in her car in a canal near Sand Hill Street, Marco, at about 12 p.m. on Friday. Bald Eagle Towing, Collier County Emergency Medical Services, along with Marco Island police and fire personnel, assisted in pulling the car from the canal.
  • Marco Island Fire Rescue Department's dive team assists in removing a car, with a woman inside, out of a canal near Sand Hill Street on Friday afternoon. (From left) Marco fire Capt. Dean Heasley, Marco firefighter/paramedic Albert Munoz, Lt. paramedic Mike Sullivan with Collier County Emergency Medical Services and Marco firefighter Chris Bowden.
  • Marco Island Police Chief Thom Carr, left, and Capt. Dave Baer talk on the scene of what the Chief is calling a vehicular homicide investigation on Friday afternoon. They say a Marco woman, who was reported missing Thursday night and last seen by friends on Wednesday night, was found in the car located by Detective Glenn Zirgibel in a canal near an empty lot on Sand Hill Street.
  • Marco marine patrol and the Marco Fire Rescue Dive Team search for a woman and her car in a canal near Sand Hill Street, Marco Island, after police say they believe she drove the car off the road late Wednesday evening. She was found by the dive team, including Capt. Jimmy Pope, Lt. Ross Riegler and firefighter Chris Bowden, dead inside the car, on Friday afternoon.

Marco resident Clare Tucker, 90, who was reported missing to police on Thursday evening, was found dead in the car pulled out of a canal on Friday.

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