Jeremy Sides

Jeremy Beau Sides, aka "Nug" from the YouTube channel Exploring with Nug,[1] is an American scuba diver and civilian crime investigator who investigates missing person cases and missing items. In 2021, he found the bodies of Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel, who had been missing for 21 years.

Personal life

Sides is from Acworth, Georgia.[1] He is married and a father of two children.[2]

Before diving full-time, Sides was a metal detectorist as a hobby, searching for American Civil War relics and other lost items around his hometown.[1]

Career

After high school, Sides worked for the United States Navy, in aviation hydraulics. Later he worked in the automotive industry.[1][2]

Diving

When Sides started a metal detectorist YouTube channel in 2016, friends at work gave him the nickname Nug, joking that he was looking for gold. It stuck, and he changed the name of his channel to Exploring with Nug as he started exploring more and doing less metal detecting.[1]

Sides chooses unsolved missing person cases via the Charley Project online missing persons database,[3] focusing on cases where drivers went missing near bodies of water.[4] [5]

Missing person cases

In October 2021, Sides assisted the Adventures with Purpose team while they found the truck owned by Thomas Thornton, a missing Vietnam War veteran from Tyler County, Texas. A body was found inside the truck, which police said was likely Thornton's.[6][4]

In November 2021, Sides found a car containing the body of Miriam Ruth Hemphill, who had been missing since July 2005.[7]

In December 2021, he found the car containing the bodies of two teenagers in the case of the disappearance of Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel.[8][4][9]

In January 2022, he and two other divers found the vehicle of murder victim Alan Livingston, who had been missing since 1983. The FBI removed the body with local police in October 2022.[10]

In February 2022, Sides assisted Adventures with Purpose while they found the car owned by Margaret Shupe Smith, who had been missing since April 2021.[11]

In December 2022, Sides and several other divers and dive teams found the vehicle of Jason Spencer who had been missing since November 2022.[12][13]

In April 2023, Sides and other dive teams found the vehicle of Robert Helphrey who had been missing since 2006.[14][15]

References
  1. Emerson, Bo. "Diving for YouTube views, solving cold cases, finding the disappeared". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  2. Flynn, Sheila (2021-12-17). "The scuba-diving YouTuber who is solving some of America's toughest cold cases". The Independent. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  3. Vnuk, Helen (2021-12-31). "Within a few weeks, YouTuber Jeremy Sides solved two cold cases that baffled police for decades". Mamamia. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  4. Holpuch, Amanda (2021-12-10). "Scuba-Diving YouTuber Finds Car Linked to Teens Missing Since 2000". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  5. MARKS, A. The Scuba Sleuths of Youtube. Rolling Stone, [s. l.], n. 1363, p. 58–59, 2022. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=156477100&site=eds-live&scope=site. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2022.
  6. Gibson, Raegan (October 25, 2021). "Body, submerged vehicle found by volunteer dive teams in case of missing Tyler County man". 12newsnow.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  7. Simlot, Vinay (November 11, 2021). "YouTuber finds car with human remains in Melton Hill Lake, linked to missing person case from 2005". wbir.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  8. Peiser, Jaclyn. "Two teens went missing 21 years ago. A scuba-diving YouTuber solved the cold case." Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021, p. NA. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A686196232/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=e66d95f2. Accessed 21 July 2022.
  9. Kellar, Liz. "After 20 years, Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel laid to rest after YouTube star finds car". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  10. Purvis, Kyra; Turrentine, Caleb (27 October 2022). "Remains of person reported missing in 1983 found in Coosa River". WBMA. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  11. "SOLVED: Missing Woman Found After 10 months Underwater In Her Car!" – via www.youtube.com.
  12. "Missing Jason Spencer of Clarksville, TN, reportedly found dead".
  13. "SOLVED! Missing Man Found Underwater In River At Downtown Boat Ramp!" – via www.youtube.com.
  14. "Robert Helphrey: Missing man's car with human remains dragged out of lake 16 years after he was last seen". MEAWW.
  15. "FOUND! Robert Helphrey Found In Vehicle Deep Underwater In Local Pond!" – via www.youtube.com.
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