Austin, TX
Crews pull body from Lady Bird Lake: AFD
AUSTIN, Texas – Crews recovered a physique from Girl Fowl Lake close to Longhorn Dam Saturday, in accordance with the Austin Fireplace Division.
AFD crews accomplished a water rescue on the lake on the 70 block of Nice Valley Street and assessed the sufferer within the water.
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That is the fourth physique to be discovered within the lake this yr.
Police say a number of folks referred to as 911 round 1:30 p.m. saying they noticed a physique within the lake. The individual, who has not been recognized, was pronounced lifeless on the scene. It isn’t clear how lengthy the physique had been within the lake. Police say there is no signal of foul play.
“Up up to now now we have not found something suspicious tied on to this incident,” Ofc. Michael Bullock with Austin Police mentioned.
“We noticed an officer, like, flagging folks to return the opposite approach, and we’re like, ‘what’s that?’ I mentioned to my good friend, ‘they most likely discovered one other lifeless physique,’ simply joking,” Paul Mason, who was strolling within the space, mentioned. “It is simply very unusual and form of scary that it retains occurring. Is there going to be a fifth one subsequent week, the place does it finish?”
Murder detectives are investigating.
“Each time now we have any incident like this, officers and murder detectives come out to the scene, and we search for specific indicators, whether or not or not there’s something that exhibits that one thing might have been performed deliberately,” Bullock mentioned.
Longhorn Dam is about two miles from the Rainey Road space. No less than 4 males have been discovered lifeless within the lake after going out within the Leisure District. The final one was lower than two weeks in the past. The one previous to that was lower than two months earlier than.
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Since 2015, 22-year-old Julio Santos III, and at the very least 4 different folks, have both disappeared or been discovered lifeless within the lake close to Rainey Road. This consists of two lately in lower than two months.
“It is form of scary to only have a lifeless physique present up actually near your home,” Erich Hellstrom, who lives close to Longhorn Dam, mentioned.
“I do not need to purchase into it, however the extra our bodies that rack up, the extra I begin to surprise. It makes it tougher and tougher to say it is a coincidence,” Mason mentioned.
Austin Police stress there is no proof of against the law.
“The division is excellent at investigating most of these incidents, we at all times attempt to be open and clear with the general public, so if we did have any considerations, that isn’t one thing that we might be attempting to cover from the general public,” Bullock mentioned.
The Medical Examiner’s Workplace will decide the reason for loss of life.