Officials have reportedly found a body in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday morning, June 27, the Austin Fire Department announced
Officials have reportedly found a body in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday morning, June 27, the Austin Fire Department announced. “AFD received a Water Rescue call in the 1000 blk of W. Cesar Chavez at 10:28 Crews located an obviously deceased body and made recovery and death pronouncement at 10:59. No further information available,” it said on Twitter.
The Austin Police department said that there were officers at the scene in the 1000 block of W. Cesar Chavez Street. “APD officers are on scene responding to a deceased person found in the 1000 block of West Cesar Chavez Street. Media briefing and staging TBD,” the department announced on Twitter.
Austin Police Sergeant Lee Knouse has said that the deceased person is a male, according to Austin American-Statesman. It is unclear if foul play is involved, so the probe is being referred to as a death investigation instead of a homicide.
Rumours are rife that a serial killer is loose in Austin after eight bodies were pulled from the Lady Bird Lake in just 10 months, besides the latest body. Similar deaths have been reported and bodies have been recovered in the past years as well.
Police have dismissed claims that a serial killer is involved, but families of the victims claim they are certain there is foul play involved. The Austin Police Department has been heavily criticised for alleged inaction.