{"id":132616,"date":"2026-01-26T20:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132616\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:56:12","slug":"body-found-after-missing-boxers-truck-pulled-from-broward-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132616\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found after missing boxer\u2019s truck pulled from Broward canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Friends and family of 35-year-old boxer Jonathan Scibica gathered in a prayer circle Sunday near a Broward County canal as his truck was pulled from the water just yards away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/01\/26\/hallan-muerto-a-boxeador-desaparecido-dentro-de-camioneta-en-canal\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/01\/26\/hallan-muerto-a-boxeador-desaparecido-dentro-de-camioneta-en-canal\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A yellow tarp covered the windshield as the vehicle was pulled up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cA bunch of divers and trucks pulled up and said they found a truck,\u201d said James Adelizzi, who lives nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Scibica was last seen early Friday morning at Cheers bar around 4 a.m., according to friends. He was believed to be driving a gray Honda Ridgeline when he left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Adelizzi, who lives at the Cypress Creek Mobile Home Park near Northeast 62nd Street, said he noticed something unusual outside his home later that morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAll I saw was headlights shining across the lagoon,\u201d he said. \u201cThe next morning I noticed the gate, someone had driven through it, knocked it off the hinges and into the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Two days later, the truck was found in the canal. Divers with the Broward County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded and recovered the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The discovery came as friends and supporters, many from Level Up Boxing and Fitness, were already looking for Scibica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAll his friends were here,\u201d Adelizzi said. \u201cThey were talking to me. It was sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The truck was towed away, and a body was taken by the Broward County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office. Authorities have not released details about what led up to the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Friends say Scibica did not live in the mobile home park and are left with questions about how he ended up there and what happened after he left the bar.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Friends and family of 35-year-old boxer Jonathan Scibica gathered in a prayer circle Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-132616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}