A three-day recovery mission to find a missing swimmer is over after the Travis County Sheriff's Office located the man's body Tuesday afternoon...
The Travis County Sheriff’s Office says the body of the 26-year-old was found just before 2 this afternoon in 54 feet of water. The TCSO's Kristen Dark says it's always a tragedy when someone goes missing on Lake Travis . The Travis County Sheriff’s Office says the body of the 26-year-old was found just before 2 this afternoon in 54 feet of water. The TCSO's Kristen Dark says it's always a tragedy when someone goes missing on Lake Travis .
Multiple agencies helped with the search across three days, searching shorelines, the surface of the lake, from the air, and even underwater using sonar technology. "We have never recovered a body from Lake Travis that had a life jacket on," Dark said. "That is the one thing you can do to almost guarantee that you will survive a tragedy on Lake Travis."
Missing Swimmer Body Recovered Travis County Sheriff's Office Search Drowning Life Jacket Kristen Dark
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