AUSTIN — The sister of the man whose body police found in Shoal Creek on Friday morning is desperate for answers.
Randy Lexvold, 48, was visiting from California to watch his daughter compete at a swim meet at the University of Texas at Austin. Its aquatic center hosted the junior nationals from Dec. 5 through Dec. 9, according to the university's website.
Police found Lexvold's body the morning of Dec. 7 in Shoal Creek, just below West Sixth Street in downtown Austin.
Lori Faber, one of Lexvold's sisters, spoke with KVUE by phone from Michigan. She said the two of them were inseparable growing up.
"I found out [about his death] the night before my 50th birthday, and my brother and I were only a year apart," she said.
Lexvold was a husband and father of three. He worked as a computer software engineer in Irvine, California, according to his family.
"We just want to know what happened," Faber said. "I have no idea what he would be doing in that part of town at that time of the morning."
Austin police detectives think Lexvold may have fallen into the creek, but they don't have many clues.
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"We're gonna gather the facts and they're gonna lead us where they may. But right now, it seems this was probably an accident," Sgt. Eric De Los Santos said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
Lexvold's wife told police his credit card records showed he stopped by The Rooftop on Sixth at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, which is less than one mile from the creek.
"We don't know where he was staying, how far he was from his hotel," Lexvold's sister said. "He's one that would take a ride service or Uber to go and have dinner."
Police hope someone will remember seeing Lexvold so they can piece together what happened before his death.
"It's still a little suspicious in our minds just because the time of the morning and everything ... what he was doing out there and what happened ... and how he can just fall off a bridge," Faber said.
According to Austin police, Lexvold was last seen wearing a black Pink Floyd shirt, jeans, and blue running shoes. If you have any information that could help detectives, call police at 512-472-TIPS.