A family of upstate New York grandparents who went missing while on a religious road trip were found dead next to their car in West Virginia on Saturday, police said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The four elderly relatives, identified by authorities as Dr. Kishore Divan, 89, Asha Divan, 85, Shailesh Divan, 86, and Gita Divan, 84, were on a road trip from Buffalo to the Palace of Gold, a historic Hindu site in Marshall County, West Virginia, when they disappeared Tuesday. <\/p>\n
They were found dead next to their wrecked Toyota Camry along Big Wheeling Creek Road on Saturday, the Marshall County Sheriff\u2019s Office said<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n Four elderly members of the Divan family from upstate New York disappeared on a road trip and were found dead. Facebook<\/p>\n Sheriff Mike Dougherty said their bodies were found along a steep embankment around 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst responders were on the scene for more than five hours,\u201d he said. \u201cSheriff Dougherty extends his condolences to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n The group was last seen around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday when their license plate was detected by a Pennsylvania state trooper while they traveled on I-79, WTOL-TV News reported.<\/a><\/p>\n It is unclear exactly how the four, who are all of Indian descent, are related. <\/p>\n The Divan grandparents had booked a room at the Palace of Gold retreat in West Virginia but never arrived. Associated Press Photo<\/p>\n Police said the four missing New Yorkers were last seen in Pennsylvania Tuesday and were found Saturday. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n