(UPDATED) Search Continues for Sutherland Man’s Car After Body Found in NPPD Canal

UPDATE (3/14/16 3:50 pm)

Another day of searching has come up empty as authorities continue to try to locate Ronald Kubiak’s missing vehicle.

Chief Deputy Roland Kramer says Nebraska Game and Parks Conservation officers deployed a boat equipped with sonar earlier today. Kramer said the search “did not produce any vehicles.”

According to Kramer, that section of the canal has effectively been eliminated as the possible location of Kubiak’s vehicle.

The search will resume on Wednesday, when authorities will focus their search on an area of the canal west of the Sutherland Inlet Campground.

Authorities say they are continuing to search for a vehicle belonging to a Sutherland man whose body was found in the Nebraska Public Power District canal, near the Gerald Gentleman Power Plant.

The Lincoln County Dive Team has been attempting to locate Ronald Kubiak’s 1993 Chrysler in the canal since last Thursday. Kubiak’s body was discovered in the canal by NPPD employees on Wednesday.

After an unsuccessful attempt to locate Kubiak’s car on Thursday, the search continued on Saturday but was again unsuccessful.

According to Chief Deputy Roland Kramer, the search will resume today, with assistance from a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission boat equipped with sonar, which is used to locate objects under water.

Kramer said the vehicle is possibly located in a short section of the canal, just north of the power plant.

An autopsy will be conducted on Kubiak’s body on Tuesday, in Gibbon.

Kubiak was last seen by family members in early February. Authorities say there is no reason to suspect foul play or suicide at this point.