ID on woman who fell from cliff, into Lake Travis


Posted: Tue, 18 May 2010 09:01 AM - 8,642 Readers

By: The Associated Press




Investigators say a woman whose body was found in Lake Travis apparently had been doing yard work when she fell from a cliff.

Travis County authorities say Sunday's death of 50-year-old Elysha Halsch apparently was an accident.

Detectives believe that Halsch was doing yard work on an all-terrain vehicle when she got too close to the edge and fell more than 20 feet into the water.

A medical examiner says the cause of death was blunt force trauma from the accidental fall.




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