Key Takeaways
- Souhrada solved cold cases with a homemade sonar device and wants to expand this method nationwide.
- A Netflix series featuring amateur true crime sleuths could help solve more cold cases.
- Souhrada’s work is crucial in locating missing persons, and he could be key to solving the case of Claudia Lawrence who went missing in 2009.
Netflix is all about true-crime documentaries these days, and they are always on the lookout for inspiration for their next hit series. Cold cases are of particular interest at the moment, especially after the recent success of Who Killed JonBenet on the platform. Netflix’s next big documentary series could focus on an amateur true crime sleuth who has been busy solving multiple cold cases that have baffled law enforcement for decades, and he’s done it using a homemade device.
Jason Souhrada stepped in to help families stuck in limbo after their relatives disappeared years earlier, by using a cheap sonar device attached to a boogie board, to search various retention ponds. This could be the future of solving cold cases, and it needs to be used in every state in the US, and across the world.
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Jason Souhrada Has Solved Multiple Cold Cases Using His Homemade Sonar Device
The true story of Jason Souhrada is a tale worth telling on a big streamer like Netflix. He has successfully brought closure to multiple families who were left in limbo after their family members disappeared. Daniel Rigg disappeared on November 9, 2015, in Myrtle Beach, and the Mount Pleasant police department originally said he was last seen buying petrol at a Food Lion, and was never seen again. Earlier this year, Souhrada attached his makeshift sonar device to a boogie board and sent it down into a pond to scan the area for the missing man, and they found his car with the body of the man inside it. After the discovery, Souhrada told ABC News:
It’s really important that family members keep looking and keep making news stories about their missing loved ones because that plays a major role in keeping the story up to date so people like me,Adam, or any other search team goes out looking and they see a car in the water, they’re like I wonder if that could be this guy that’s missing,
Daniel Rigg was actually the fourth person to be found using this brilliant device, after Souhrada and his team cracked a 41-year-old cold case back in February 2024. William Clifton, David McMicken and Michael Norman disappeared after visiting a North Carolina bar just before Christmas in 1982. Souhrada used his particular set of skills to search a pond called Jack’s Creek, which was along the route the men would have taken on their way home. It had been known to be an inaccessible area to search, but Souhrada’s device was able to gain access, and he found signs of an upside-down car submerged in the pond. He handed over his findings to the local police, and they sent divers down to search the area, and they found a car with human remains in it. Jason Souhrada’s most recent endeavor saw him help bring closure to the families of Charles and Catherine Romer, who went missing in Georgia over 40 years ago. Jason pointed to the precise location of their 1978 Lincoln Continental vehicle, which was submerged in a retention pond. He shared his information with law enforcement, and the bodies were recovered from the scene.
A Series About This Amateur True Crime Sleuth Would Be A Great Fit For Netflix And Could Lead To The Solving Of Many More Infamous Cold Cases
Sonar technology is developing at a rapid pace, and this has led to many amateur sleuths, like Jason Souhrada, using their skills to solve decades-old cold cases. This technology should be at the disposal of law enforcement across the world to help bring closure to multiple victims’ families. Souhrada gives up his time and resources to help families find answers, and he asks for nothing in return. A Netflix series raising awareness of the work Souhrada and others do in their particular area of expertise would be a great true crime show.
Souhrada continues to offer his services to help find missing persons, and has set up a GoFundMe account to raise funds to get a full patent and develop the device further, while also using the funds to travel to certain areas to help locate other missing people. Souhrada recently looked into the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence in York, England in 2009, and pinpointed an area of interest that would be worth searching. He posted his findings on the Facebook group, Answers For Claudia. It would be a wise move for North Yorkshire Police to take Souhrada’s suggestions seriously based on his proven track record in locating missing persons. If funds were made available for Souhrada to actually travel to this particular area in York to conduct a proper search, it could finally solve one of the most notorious unsolved mysteries in UK history.
North Yorkshire Police have spent over £1 million trying to solve the case, but 15 years on, they are still no closer to cracking it. Souhrada and his sonar device could potentially get answers in the space of minutes. Of course, NYC would try to take all the credit if the case was solved, but the cringe-worthy back-slapping that would inevitably follow would be almost bearable if it meant getting answers for Claudia’s family and friends. The net is closing in on the person(s) responsible for Claudia’s disappearance, and now that this talented true crime solving sleuth is on the case, judgment day might be coming sooner rather than later.
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