Missing Florida Lyft driver found dead as car surfaces in North Carolina

An aged Florida Lyft driver who went lacking in January was discovered lifeless, his household has confirmed.

Gary Levin, 74, of Palm Seaside Backyard, was final seen on 30 January giving a experience in Delray Seaside round 1.30.

“My dad was really a considered one of a sort individual, for those who knew him and even met him as soon as you realize precisely what I imply after I say that,” his daughter, Lindsay DiBetta wrote on Fb on Tuesday. “The tales I’ve obtained about him from mates, household and full strangers over the past week have lifted me up greater than you’ll be able to ever notice.”

On Tuesday, Florida officers mentioned they’d recognized a set of human stays discovered over the weekend in Okeechobee, neary Levin’s last-known location, although declined to make the title public, citing state legislation.

Levin had lately moved to Florida after retiring from the auto elements enterprise in Pennsylvania, the New York Submit reported. The 74-year-old picked up Lyft driving as a solution to cross the time and chat with new folks, in keeping with his household.

On 2 February, North Carolina state troopers discovered Levin’s Kia Stinger in possession of Matthew Scott Flores, 35, who was needed on homicide prices for a 24 January killing within the Florida metropolis of Wauchula.

In line with officers, Mr Flores led troopers on a automobile chase throughout a number of North Carolina counties outdoors of Charlotte, the Palm Seaside Submit reported.