PENNSAUKEN, NJ – The family of Bernadine Gunner, a New Jersey woman who went missing in July 2010, has received closure following the recovery of a body last week from the Cooper River in Pennsauken. The body, along with three cars, was identified by Gunner’s daughter as belonging to her mother.
The recovery operation, conducted by United Search Corps on Thursday, involved dive teams extracting three vehicles from the river, one of which contained Gunner’s remains.
“Thanks to Doug( United Search Corps) we have closure our family can now give my mom a proper burial. Thank you EVERYONE for the continuous prayers and support greatly appreciate it. As you already know Camden County Police didn’t do a great job with my mothers case it took for a one band man to come here and dive into that water and discover my mom. We can’t thank him enough for what he has done. Almost 14 years with no answers and now we have them. I had to post but I’m going to leave it at this,” her daughter Julia Young posted on Facebook.
At the time of recovery, the involvement of the FBI and the necessity for DNA testing to confirm the identity were noted by officials.
A statement from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office records that Gunner was last seen on July 11, 2010, driving a 2006 Hyundai Elantra.