Your Florida Daily: Possible remains of missing woman found in I-4 retention pond, ‘Move Over’ law expands

ORLANDO, Fla. – Shock and some closure for the family of an Orlando mother who went out on a date and then never came home.

It’s been nearly 12 years since Sandra Lemire disappeared without a trace, leaving her family with so many questions.

“Maybe she had a diabetic attack. Maybe she got mugged,” Tim Lemire Jr. told News 6. “I wake up damn near every day thinking, ‘what happened?’”

This weekend, a dive team says it found a body inside a minivan submerged in a retention pond along I-4 near Disney World.

Mike Sullivan of Sunshine State Sonar explained his team helps find people who disappear near bodies of water.

“This stuff wasn’t available in 2012. Back then, law enforcement would send divers in the water with zero visibility just swimming around and hoping to bump into a vehicle,” Sullivan said.

He says, in this case, it was a cell phone ping from Lemire’s phone that led them to that area.

Orlando police are waiting on results of an autopsy before confirming her identity.

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Florida’s ‘move over’ law expands in 2024 to include more vehicles

As many people head back to work following the holidays, there’s a major change to Florida law that all drivers need to know about.

For years, we’ve had to move over for police cars and tow trucks on the side of the road but now, that law has expanded.

Drivers are now required to move over for any stopped vehicles that are displaying warning or hazard lights, using emergency flares or emergency signage or if they are stopped with at least one person present.

“If you see lights up ahead on the side of the road, that could be a law enforcement officer coming to a stop,” FHP Lieutenant Tara Crescenzi tells News 6.

“That could be a sanitation vehicle. That could be a tow truck or it could be a disabled motorist. So just move over the lane. And if you see there’s traffic to the left of you and you’re not going to be able to move over to the right of you, reduce that speed as much as you can. And if you see there’s traffic to the left of you and you’re not going to be able to move over to the right of you, reduce that speed as much as you can. And I know if you see something coming up ahead and your eyes are focused on the road, you should see it coming.”

Florida now becomes the 17th state to require drivers to move over for both emergency vehicles and broken-down cars.

Violators who are caught face fines of up to $158.

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1,400-pound great white shark spotted near Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach isn’t just attracting snowbirds this time of year, it’s attracting great white sharks too.

OCEARCH is tracking Breton a 13-foot, 1,437-pound great white shark moving from Jacksonville Beach who’s making his way further south.

The shark was spotted on New Year’s Day swimming off the coast of Flagler Beach.

Experts say the apex predators stay anywhere from one to 100 miles offshore.

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Random Florida Fact

Passing through Tampa on I-75, you can find the strangest bait shop in Florida.

Hong Kong Willie is a fishing business wrapped in buoys, nets and ropes. Next to the colorful shop is a tall makeshift tree made old fishing buoys surrounded by a yard of ocean detritus.

While visitors will probably remember the shop for its outrageous art, locals say it has the best composting worms in town.