LEANDER, Texas — The Travis County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) has recovered a body in the area of Lake Travis where a swimmer was last seen.
TCSO said 44-year-old Latodrian (Todd) Dillon of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was reportedly seen struggling in the Sandy Creek area before going under and not resurfacing.
A positive identification of the body found in Lake Travis is pending an autopsy, TCSO said.
The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. at 16120 Wharf Cove on Saturday, Oct. 3, according to Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS).
Lake Patrol and a fire boat were in the area with two swimmers in the water searching, ATCEMS said. STAR Flight rescue helicopter had also been assigned before rescue efforts were transitioned to recovery mode and the scene was turned over to law enforcement.
Every day since Dillon went missing, the TCSO has been searching during daylight hours using Starfish surface search sonar, side scan sonar, down scan sonar and underwater cameras. The water depth in the area is around 70 to 90 feet.
Deep divers with APD have searched potential targets, while a DPS 100 helicopter has conducted aerial searches. Search efforts have also involved grid searches, shoreline searches and K-9s. Surface and shoreline searches continued while Lake Patrol Deputies were on duty, and sonar searches continued on an intermittent basis, the TCSO said.
Two swimmers reported missing on Lake Travis within the past 10 years have not been recovered. In May of 2018, Manuel Salas of Elgin was last seen near Mansfield Dam (140 feet deep) and in July of 2014, Song Hy Sok of Dallas was last seen in the Sandy Creek Arm (90 feet deep).
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