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APD: No foul play suspected after body found along trail near Lady Bird Lake

Police said the body was not retrieved from the water and that there was no indication the body was ever in the water.

AUSTIN, Texas — An investigation is underway after a deceased person was found near Lady Bird Lake in southeast Austin.

Police said they were called out to a welfare check and found an "obviously deceased" person on Canterbury Street just before 3 p.m. Wednesday.

A preliminary investigation by homicide detectives determined there were no signs of trauma, no foul play and that the death was not a homicide. Police also clarified that the body was not retrieved from the water and have no indication that it was ever in the water.

Police did not identify the body and said an investigation into the incident is ongoing.

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