Autopsy on body found in Lake Travis near trail


Posted: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:45 AM - 7,365 Readers

By: The Associated Press


Travis County authorities say a body has been recovered from Lake Travis in a death that may be related to a fall from a cliff.

An autopsy was scheduled Monday.

Roger Wade with the Travis County Sheriff's Department says the victim was discovered Sunday afternoon in the water in an area near Whippoorwill Trail.

Wade says the death appears to be an accident.

The name of the victim and further details were not immediately released.





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