A body found in a car recovered from a Florida river has been confirmed as that of missing teacher Lisa Hayden-Gordon , 51 . Police have confirmed that a body found inside a car recovered from a Florida river is that of a missing piano teacher . Lisa Hayden-Gordon , 51 , vanished on January 24 following a night out watching a concert with friends . Her body was recovered from a vehicle found submerged in the New River near Cooley 's Landing Marina in Fort Lauderdale on Friday . It was a distinctive blue 2003 Hyundai Elantra that was decorated with stickers of the sun , moon and stars on its hood . Hayden-Gordon had gone out with a man she met online and several of her friends , and they attended a Keller Williams show at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale . The group wanted to take her home because they thought she had had too much to drink , but she went to the restroom at a bar , the Poorhouse , and never returned . They looked for her but when they could not find her anywhere , they ended up leaving . A friend told CBS that people had seen Hayden walking away from a bar with her keys in her hand the night she went missing . 'Everybody who saw her that night said that she was so happy and having just a good time , ' her sister Tara Cloe previously told the Sun Sentinel . 'She 's always singing , she was probably singing the whole time during the concert . And then she left . ' Discovery : The distinctive blue 2003 Hyundai Elantra , pictured , was found near a Fort Lauderdale marina on Friday morning - more than a month after Hayden-Gordon vanished during a night out with friends . Missed : Hayden-Gordon was known as 'Noodle ' to her friends and students . Witnesses said they saw her walking away from a concert with her car keys . Friends had made tearful pleas for information about the woman they called 'Noodles ' , a nickname that stuck after she became addicted to the food while in hospital recovering from a car accident as a child . 'My sister would never leave us . And she 's the most loving , outgoing , friendly person , ' Susan O'Leary told the Sun Sentinel earlier . 'For her not to be here , be a part of our lives , I do n't even know how to tell you what kinds of emotions you could have . We do n't know what to do , where else to go , where else to turn . ' Police said they are still investigating the cause of Ms Hayden-Gordon 's death , according to Local10.com .
Body found inside vehicle that of 51-year-old Lisa Hayden-Gordon . She had vanished on 2003 after going to a concert with friends . Her body was recovered from a car submerged in the New River .