AUSTIN, Texas — The Travis County Sheriff's Office said the body of an 8-year-old boy who went missing in Lake Travis has been recovered.
The sheriff's office, along with Lake Travis Fire and Rescue and the Pedernales Fire Department, responded to the scene of a water recovery effort in Lake Travis on Monday afternoon.
Officials with Travis County ESD 1 said at around 2 p.m., callers reported seeing an 8-year-old boy fall off a boat into the water near the 7500 block of Desert Needle Drive in Travis County. Witnesses said the child was not wearing a life jacket.
STAR Flight was called to help with the search. After about 50 minutes, the search transitioned into a recovery mission. The boy was reportedly last seen near Cow Creek west of Lago Vista, the TCSO said.
Neighbor Kristin Miller said she could see and hear all of the commotion surrounding the water on Monday afternoon.
"I could tell that they were obviously looking for somebody that was missing because a couple of police officers took off on foot all down and here in front of the pool area, and then some others got in their car and then left. But I didn't know what was happening. I just knew that something, somebody was missing," Miller said. "Soon as I found out it was a child, it just, it just made me sick. And I just immediately started praying for that family."
Surface and shoreline searches began at sunrise Tuesday. The search continued throughout the day until a dive team found the boy's body Tuesday afternoon just before 5 p.m.
Out of respect for the victim's family, TCSO said they will not release his name.