NewsLocal NewsIn Your NeighborhoodBell County

Actions

Authorities recover body of drowning victim from Lake Belton

Posted at 6:45 PM, Jul 29, 2020
and last updated 2020-07-30 22:08:10-04

Authorities have recovered the body of a drowning victim from Lake Belton.

Authorities are searching for a man who did not resurface after going under the water at Lake Belton.

Temple Fire says the call came out around 5:30 p.m. for a man who reportedly went under the water and did not resurface.

Several fire departments searched the water for several hours Wednesday night. The victim's body was recovered Thursday night.

He has been identified as 21-year-old Theodore Key.

Justice of the Peace Cliff Coleman has ordered an autopsy.