The man who died from an apparent drowning at Lake Travis Sunday has been identified.
Investigators with the Travis County Sheriff's Office say 24-year-old Angel Salazar Perez, of Manor, was pulled from the water near Bob Wentz Park at around 10:10 p.m.
He had gone missing near the park earlier that day at around 4:30 p.m.
After hours of searching, divers with the Sheriff’s Underwater Recovery Team located and recovered Perez in about 6 feet of water, several yards from the last seen location reported by the witness.
According to Sheriff’s Office Detective all indications are that Perez died as a result of fresh water drowning, however the final autopsy report will not be released until it is completed.
The man who died from
an apparent drowning at Lake Travis Sunday has been identified.
Investigators with the Travis County Sheriff's Office say 24-year-old
Angel Salazar Perez, of Manor, was pulled from the water near Bob Wentz
Park at around 10:10 p.m.
He had gone missing near the park earlier that day at around 4:30 p.m.
After hours of searching, divers with the Sheriff’s Underwater Recovery
Team located and recovered Perez in about 6 feet of water, several yards
from the last seen location reported by the witness.
According to Sheriff’s Office Detective all indications are that Perez
died as a result of fresh water drowning, however the final autopsy
report will not be released until it is completed.
The man who died from
an apparent drowning at Lake Travis Sunday has been identified.
Investigators with the Travis County Sheriff's Office say 24-year-old
Angel Salazar Perez, of Manor, was pulled from the water near Bob Wentz
Park at around 10:10 p.m.
He had gone missing near the park earlier that day at around 4:30 p.m.
After hours of searching, divers with the Sheriff’s Underwater Recovery
Team located and recovered Perez in about 6 feet of water, several yards
from the last seen location reported by the witness.
According to Sheriff’s Office Detective all indications are that Perez
died as a result of fresh water drowning, however the final autopsy
report will not be released until it is completed.
* Photo from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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