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A Delco cold case stymied investigators for nearly two decades. Then a YouTube dive team solved it in hours.

Nearly 20 years after his disappearance, James Amabile's family had given up hope they would ever know what happened to him — until they turned to a YouTube search-and-rescue team.

Doug Bishop (left) and Anthony Giampetro (right) , divers from Adventures with Purpose, return to the water at Ridley Township Municipal Marina in Ridley Park on Sunday. Ridley Township Police confirmed late Saturday night that human remains were found in a submerged vehicle and that the plate number matched a “missing person entry from December of 2003.”
Doug Bishop (left) and Anthony Giampetro (right) , divers from Adventures with Purpose, return to the water at Ridley Township Municipal Marina in Ridley Park on Sunday. Ridley Township Police confirmed late Saturday night that human remains were found in a submerged vehicle and that the plate number matched a “missing person entry from December of 2003.”Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer