Overview
- Deputies, emergency responders and Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens recovered an unidentified man from shallow water near a dock at Pat and Herman’s Camp on Possum Kingdom Lake after a reported drowning.
- Investigators estimate the body had been in the water at least 48 hours and said no identification or abandoned watercraft were found near the scene.
- Officials describe the man as a white male in his early to mid-40s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 200 pounds, with brown or reddish-gray hair styled in a slicked-back pompadour and wearing black Adidas shorts.
- The investigation is ongoing and authorities asked anyone with information to call the Palo Pinto County Sheriff’s Office at 940-659-2085 to help identify the man.
- Officials said investigators will pursue standard steps such as scene processing, missing-person database checks and an autopsy and toxicology testing, and the recovery highlights safety and identification challenges at busy recreational lakes.