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Missing man's burned up car found in desert09:23 AM MDT on Wednesday,
June 20, 2007Family believes Jeramy is dead
BOISE -- He's been missing more than four months -- leaving behind his little girl, his business and a lot of unanswered questions.
Now, a discovery in the desert could suggest foul play.
Jeramy Burt's 34th birthday was Monday, but his family questions whether he is even still alive.
Burt's family says he disappeared on February 11, something they say is completely out of character for this businessman and father of a four-year-old.
But shortly after he vanished, Burt's ex-wife got a text message from his phone saying he was going to disappear, he was getting a new address and a new life.
It seemed suspicious to family members who say Burt would never abandon his little girl. She turned four less than a month after he went missing.
Then a month ago, a discovery in the Idaho desert raised even more questions for the Burt family.
Burt has been missing since Feb. 11th.
About 45 miles north of the Nevada border, in an extremely remote area, a cowboy found the burned-out remains of the car Burt was driving -- his ex-wife's Mercury Cougar.
The Owyhee County Sheriff's Office says someone was trying to hide something, but not necessarily something sinister.
But Burt's sister and father seem convinced their loved one was killed.
"I believe that someone tried to eliminate any evidence whatsoever, if there was blood on the seats or any personal items, fingerprints," said Van Burt, Jeramy's father.
"He had his own business, he had his daughter, he had a lot of stuff and it's really hard to think of somebody taking that away from him," said Katrina Burt, Jeramy's sister.
Owyhee County and Boise Police investigators sifted through the remains of Burt’s car, but say they found absolutely nothing indicating foul play.
Boise Police is investigating this case, but there appears to be no evidence suggesting that Jeramy Burt is anything other than missing.
