Former Belleville resident’s body found in car in Lake Erie

The body of former Belleville resident Jill Jolene Parrinello-Davey, 50, most recently of Manchester was found Friday, Aug. 23, in Lake Erie next to a restaurant where she and a new friend had dined about a week earlier.
According to the Monroe News, Davey and Darrin Paul Gabbard, 48, of Allen Park, a man she had met on the internet, reportedly had their first date at the SandBar Grille and then the two went missing. The car was found submerged in 13 feet of water about 50 feet offshore at the Toledo Beach Marina. Their cell phones shut down around 1 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, police said.
After the two went missing, fliers were widely circulated for the search.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Department Det. Sgt. Rob Moody said there were no signs of foul play and the deaths do not appear to be suspicious.
Det. Sgt. Moody told the Monroe News that it is believed the driver mistakenly drove into the lake. He said it could not be determined who was driving because neither was wearing a seat belt.
Davey was well-known in the Belleville area because she worked for many years as a waitress at the former Mike’s restaurant at Belleville Road and the South I-94 Service Drive. She had lived behind the Belleville High School tennis courts and threw balls back to the students when balls went over her fence.