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TCSO identifies missing canoers recovered from pond

Two people fell out of a canoe at a pond in eastern Travis County on Monday, May 25.

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — The Travis County Sheriff's Office has identified a man and a woman whose bodies were recovered after they fell out of a canoe in a pond in Eastern Travis County on May 25.

The two were identified as Rafael Luna of Vera Cruz, Mexico, and Eva Cruz-Ramon, 54, of Austin.

An investigation into the deaths is being conducted by the TCSO and the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office.

The two adults fell out of a canoe and did not resurface at a pond in eastern Travis County on Monday, May 25.

The woman's body was recovered on the morning of May 26, and the man's body was recovered on the morning of May 27.

At just after 8 p.m. Monday, Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) said that multiple rescue assets were responding to a reported water rescue in the 1000 block of Fallwell Lane. Initial reports were that two adults had fallen out of a canoe and failed to resurface.

Around the same time, Travis County Fire Rescue said it was responding to the same call, as were Austin Fire Department crews.

At around 8:15, a STAR Flight was assigned and two rescue swimmers made their way to the overturned boat. By 8:30, the STAR Flight was over the scene searching from the air as four rescue swimmers searched the water.

At approximately 8:40 p.m., ATCEMS said rescue efforts were switching to recovery efforts because 40 minutes had passed since the call came in and there had been extensive search in the water and from the air.

At 8:55 p.m., Travis County Fire Rescue also said crews had moved to recovery mode and that the Travis County Sheriff's Office will soon be the lead agency investigating. 

Just after 9 p.m., ATCEMS said the canoers had still not been located and the scene was being turned over to law enforcement.

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