6-Year-Old Boy Solves Case of Decade Old Robbery by ‘Fishing Out’ the Clue

A 6-year-old boy helped crack open an almost decade-old theft case when he reeled in a locked secure from the underside of a South Carolina lake.

Knox Brewer of Johns Island took up “magnet fishing” and commenced attempting to find metallic objects underwater as a method to move time through the coronavirus pandemic, his members of the family instructed WCIV-TV this week.

The boy was out along with his household at Whitney Lake this month when the magnet connected to his line caught to one thing heavy within the mud under, the information outlet reported. With the assistance of a bystander, Knox pulled in and pried open what turned out to be a waterlogged lockbox containing debris-covered jewellery and bank cards, in addition to a checkbook, in keeping with a video of the invention.

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“I knew the right thing to do was go ahead and call the local authorities, get them involved and try to solve this mystery,” the kid’s father, Jonathan Brewer, instructed the outlet.

Authorities decided the sunken secure belonged to a girl who lived throughout the road from the lake. She stated it had been stolen from her house eight years in the past, the outlet reported.

While many of the costly objects had been taken, the discover nonetheless turned out to be a beneficial catch, in keeping with the Brewers. They stated they have been capable of reunite her with charms from an previous bracelet.

“The first thing that she did was just kneel down, hug Knox and thanked him and thanked him for bringing that closure to her,” Jonathan Brewer stated.