TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) – A body discovered earlier this month in a car in the bottom of a Kansas lake has been identified as that of a Wisconsin man missing since 1984.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks found the car a few months ago while testing new radar equipment in Lake Shawnee.

The 1976 Oldsmobile 98 was pulled from the lake, near Topeka, on June 11.

On Wednesday, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office announced the remains inside were those of 84-year-old Milwaukee resident Leonard Jordan.

Jordan’s great-great-nephew Willie Wilkins says the family is grateful to have the mystery of his disappearance solved.

“We knew Leonard Jordan as Uncle Leonard and his disappearance has always been a mystery to all of us,” Wilkins said. “We are finally able to lay his remains to rest and will give our family the proper closure we’ve been seeking.”

Jordan was an avid fisherman who enjoyed fishing Lake Shawnee while visiting relatives in Topeka.