UPDATE Dec. 17:
The Harker Heights Police Department identified 66-year-old Lynda Cheryl Wade of Harker Heights as the victim.
The Justice of the Peace pronounced her death on scene on Tuesday at 7:25 a.m. and ordered an autopsy be performed at the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas.
The investigation is ongoing and no additional information is available at this time.
ORIGINAL Dec. 16:
A woman was found dead in a pond at Carl Levin Park after Harker Heights Police officers responded to a drowning call Tuesday morning.
Harker Heights Police Chief Sonja Clay said in a press release that around 7:18 a.m., officers responded to the 400 block of Millers Crossing where the park is located in reference to a drowning.
When first responders arrived, they recovered the body of a deceased woman from the pond.
The investigation is ongoing and there is not threat to the public.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Harker Heights Police Department at (254) 953-5400, option #2.
