4 members of Indian-origin family who went missing in US found dead in car crash, probe on

Further investigation is underway.

The family members, namely, Asha Divan, Kishore Divan, Shailesh Divan, and Gita Divan, were last seen Tuesday at a Burger King store on Peach Street in Pennsylvania’s Erie, as confirmed by surveillance footage, Sibu Nair, the Director of Asian American and Pacific Islander Affairs at Office of NY State Governor Kathy Hochul, stated over a Facebook post.

According to the footage, two of the family members, one man and a woman, were seen entering the building, where they also made their last credit card transaction, WTOV News9 had reported.

They were driving a light-green coloured 2009 Toyota Camry, bearing a New York license plate (EKW2611). (Photo: Facebook/@SibuNair1)

They were driving a light-green coloured 2009 Toyota Camry, bearing a New York license plate (EKW2611). They had visited the temple in Pittsburgh following which they had planned to travel to Prabhupada’s Palace Lodge Hotel in Moundsville, a city in West Virginia.

There was no contact from them since July 31, 2025, said Sheriff Dougherty, while speaking to the Ohio-based station, adding, “We have a few leads, which we and surrounding law enforcement agencies are investigating, but have not yet located the missing persons.”